Botea / Boteå
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B01: inscription
Scene Description: [cf. Inscriptiion area]
INFORMATION
FontID: 06391BOT
Church/Chapel: Boteå kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Ångermanland, Västernorrlands län
Directions to Site: Located on road 334, 10-15 km N of Kramfors
Historical Region: Västernorrlands Län, Kramfors kn
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1500?
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Nordström (1984: 141n4) reports an inscription on this baptismal font; the inscription is similar to the one found in the font at Øster Hornum, Denmark [cf. Inscription area]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the basin side
Inscription Text: "QUE : APUD : TE : EST; FONS : VITE : ET [est?] : IN : LUMINE : TUO : VIDEBIMUS : LUME[n] : TUUM"
Inscription Source: Nordström (1984: 141n4)
REFERENCES
Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984