Smedstorp

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 09058SME
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Smedstorps kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located just S of road 11, about 9-10 km E of Tomelilla
Historical Region: Ingelstads hd., Skåne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described in Tynell (1913-1921: 61) as a medieval baptismal font of the Blentarp group made probably of sandstone; 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, sandstone?
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 65 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 84.5 cm
Notes on Measurements: Tynell (1913-1921: 61)

REFERENCES

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