Tosterup
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09060TOS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Blentarpsgruppen [Tynell]
Church / Chapel Name: Tosterups kyrka
Font Location in Church: [in the churchyard ca. 1913]
Site Location: Skåne, Skåne län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located about 8 km SSE of Tomelilla, just NE of Köpingebro
Historical Region: Ingelstads hd., Skåne
Additional Comments: abandoned basin
Font Notes:
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Described in Tynell (1913-1921: 61) as the basin of a medieval baptismal font of ther Blentarp group, made of limestone. Tynell (ibid.) reported it as abandoned in the churchyard ca. 1913.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002, p. 181 [blind ref.]
- Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921, p. 61