Spjutstorp
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B01: design element - motifs - palmette
Scene Description: a row
INFORMATION
FontID: 09059SPJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Spjutstorps kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located about 6 km NE of Tomelila
Historical Region: Ingelstads hd., Skåne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Genarpsgruppen / Dagstorp group
Cognate Fonts: Quite similar to the fonts at Felestad and Gårdstånga; some of the motifs are similar to those of the Glemminge group/type
Font Notes:
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Described in Tynell (1913-1921: 61) as a medieval baptismal font of the Genarpsgruppen made of sandstone. Drake (2002: 149) lists it as part of the Dagstorp group, and later in the same work (p. 189) as a palmette goblet, a variant of the Bosar and Dagstorp groups, very similar to the fonts at Felestad and Gårdstånga. The sides of the roughly hemispherical basin are decorated with the same palmette motif as those of the Glemminge type.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 64 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 94 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