Or nr. Moheda / Ör (Sweden)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06280ORR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bestiarius font (variant)
Church / Chapel Name: Örs kyrka
Site Location: Kronoberg, Kronobergs län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: [not certain about this location: there is an Ör about 4 km E of Moheda, in Kronobergs lan, the most likely one
Historical Region: Allbo härad?
Font Notes:
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Listed as a baptismal font of the Bestiarius workshop (variant group) in Drake (2002: 183) [see Directions (Geo) re location problem] *** IS THIS THE SAME AS ONE OF THE FONTS REPORTED UNDER MOHEDA?*** [cf. BSI entry]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002, p. 183