Dannemora

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B01: design element - motifs - semicircle - intersecting

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Image Source: Hildebrand (1907: 243)
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BBU01: design element - motifs - floral - rosette

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CR01: human figure - head

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CR02: design element - patterns - diaper

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LB01: human figure

Scene Description: incised on one of the vertical mouldings of the lower volume of the base
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LB02: animal - mammal - quadruped

Scene Description: incised on one of the vertical mouldings of the lower volume of the base
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Image Source: Hildebrand (1907: 243)
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human figure - head

Scene Description: incised on one of the vertical mouldings of the lower volume of the base
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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 09020DAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Dannemora kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Uppland, Uppsala län
Directions to Site: Located about 5 km WSW of Österbybruk, about 45 km NNE of Uppsala up the 290
Historical Region: Uppsala län, Uppland
Century and Period: 14th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
Illustrated in Hildebrand (1907: fig. 243). Baptismal font, probably Gothic, consisting of a hemispherical basin decorated with a band of rosettes around the upper basin side, as well as a row of intersecting semicircles below the former, and a base with two volumes: the upper is square with trimmed top and bottom corners; only two of the sides are visible in our source: one decorated with a human head, the other with a romboid pattern; the lower volume of the base is conical with a frame of roll mouldings at top (horizontal) and sides (vertical); on these vertical mouldings are incised human and animal forms.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted) -- chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Hildebrand, Hans, Den Kyrkliga konsten under Sveriges medeltid: en kortfattad öfversikt, Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Söners Förlag, 1907