Nedraby

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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

INFORMATION

FontID: 09056NED
Church/Chapel: Nedraby kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Historical Region: Ingelstads hd., Skåne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Blentarpsgruppen [Tynell]
Cognate Fonts: Other such fonts in this group
Described in Tynell (1913-1921: 60) as a medieval baptismal font of the Blentarp group made of limestone from Bjersjölagård; the sides are decorated with a blind arcade of round arches. Listed in the same group in Drake (2002: 184) as a Romanesque font.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Brunius, Carl Georg, Skånes Konsthistoria från Medeltiden, Lund: Hos Förläggaren, 1850
Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002
Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921