Tillinge
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06062TIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mälardalstype?
Church / Chapel Name: Tillinge kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Site Location: Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 5 km W of Enköping
Historical Region: Åsunda härad, Uppsala län, Uppland
Additional Comments: damaged font / recycled font: ornamentation carved off?
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. XI, hft. 2: 253-254 and fig. 230 on p. 255) as the hemispherical basin of a baptismal font made of reddish sandstone and dated from ca. 1200: "The font bowl, which bears traces of obliterated ornament, belongs to the older Mälar-valley type [mälardalstype] from about 1200. The foot was added later".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone (reddish) (basin only)
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Diameter (includes rim): 74 cm
Basin Total Height: 50 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 92 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. XI, hft. 2: 253)
REFERENCES
- Brandel, Sven, Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1921-1984, Bd. XI, hft. 2: 253-254 and fig. 230 on p. 255