Kulla

Results: 5 records

LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: around the top of the lower piece of the base

LBH01: human figure - male - head

Scene Description: young, clean-shaven, "page" hair-style

LBH02: human figure - male - head - bearded

Scene Description: wearing "page" hair-style

LBH03: human figure - male - head - bearded

Scene Description: with bald patch and long side hair; clearly older than the other three

LBH04: human figure - male - head

Scene Description: young, clean-shaven, "page" hair-style

INFORMATION

FontID: 06064KUL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Kulla kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Uppsala, Uppsala län
Directions to Site: Located 15-20 km WWN of Sigtuna
Historical Region: Lagunda härad, Uppsala län, Uppland
Font Location in Church: West end, south side
Date: ca. 1250?
Century and Period: 13th century (mid), Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. XII, hft. 1: 41-44, 56n) as a the base of a mid-13th century limestone baptismal font; made in Gotland; it consists of two parts: an upper round pedestal with four human heads at 90-degree angles on its upper end; three of the heads are of young men wear a "page" hair-style, one of these is bearded; the fourth heads represents an older man who has a bald patch in the centre and long hair on the sides; he is bearded as well. The lower block is also circular but wider, and is ornamented with a thick roll moulding around the top. The plain basin is modern, a cylindrical bowl with vertical sides and conical underbowl.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (from Gotland)
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round [modern]
Basin Exterior Shape: round [modern]
Height of Base: 50 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. XII, hft. 1: 44) [NB: only the two-part base is original]

REFERENCES

Brandel, Sven, Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1921-1984