Bolshog / Bolshög

INFORMATION

FontID: 09064BOL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Bolshögs kyrka

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Skåne, Skåne län

Directions to Site: Located about 5 km WSW of Simrishamn

Historical Region: Järrestads hd., Skåne

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Blentarpsgruppen [Tynell]

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Tynell (1913-1921: [65]) as a medieval baptismal font of the Blentarp group, made of sandstone and decorated with palmette and arcade motifs. Listed in Drake (2002: 184) in the same group.

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): 69 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 78.8 cm

Notes on Measurements: Tynell (1913-1921: [65])

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