Vedbo
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06398VED
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Vedbo kyrke
Font Location in Church: In the chancel, south side
Church Notes: Wooden church
Site Location: Småland, Kronobergs län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located NW of Jönköping
Historical Region: Norra Vedbo härad, Hallstahammar kn, Småland
Font Notes:
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An illustration of the wooden church at Vedbo, in Ullén (1983: fig. 136 on p. 128), shows a partial view of a cylindrical stone font; the upper basin side is ornamented with a rope moulding; below it, an arcade of beaded-tape round arches contains animals. The font appears "new" [***to be researched]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Ullén, Marian, Medeltida träkyrkor I: Småland samt Ydre och Kinda härader i Östergötland, Stockholm: Riksantikvarieämbetet, 1983, fig. 136 on p. 128