Tanno / Tånnö
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06283TAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bestiarius font (variant)
Museum: Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm
Church / Chapel Name: [orig. from Tånnö kyrka - now in a museum]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Site Location: Småland, Jönköpings län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Tånnö is located on the E4, about 7 km S of Värnamo [the font is now in a museum]
Historical Region: Jönköpings län, Småland
Font Notes:
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Listed as a baptismal font of the Bestiarius workshop (variant group) in Drake (2002: 183) [Drake reports the font at the Statens Historiska Museum in Stockholm]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002, p. 183