Vedbo

INFORMATION

FontID: 06398VED

Church/Chapel: Vedbo kyrke

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Småland, Kronobergs län

Directions to Site: Located NW of Jönköping

Historical Region: Norra Vedbo härad, Hallstahammar kn, Småland

Font Location in Church: In the chancel, south side

Church Notes: Wooden church

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

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