Fittja
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06066FIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Fittja kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Site Location: Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located about 20 km WWN of Sigtuna
Historical Region: Lagunda härad, Uppsala län, Uppland
Additional Comments: damaged font: only the cracked basin remains
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. XII, hft. 2: 139 and fig. 178 on p. 140) as the cylndrical basin of a medieval baptismal font; it is made of grey sandstone and dates from the 13th century; it has vertival sides and a cnical underbowl; it is weathered and damaged, with a t least one large diagonal crack on the side. It now stands on a modern base shape much like the traditional ones (conical with a centre-ring moulding)
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone (grey)
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Diameter (includes rim): 62 cm
Basin Depth: 28 cm
Basin Total Height: 41 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. XII, hft. 2: 139)
REFERENCES
- Brandel, Sven, Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1921-1984, Bd. XII, hft. 2: 139 and fig. 178 on p. 140