Allerum

INFORMATION

FontID: 09079ALL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)

Church/Chapel: Allerums kyrka

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Skåne, Skåne län

Directions to Site: Located about 7 km N of Helsingborg

Historical Region: Luggude härad, Malmöhus län, Skåne

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

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

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Östra Vemmenhög group

Cognate Fonts: Brunnby, etc.

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Tynell (1913-1921: [71]) as a baptismal font made of sandstone. Listed in Drake (2002: 184) as the basin of a Romanesque font that he classes in the "Östra Vemmenhög group", like the one at Brunnby [cf. Index entry]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Number of Pieces: one (basin only)

Font Shape: bucket-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 82 cm*

Notes on Measurements: Tynell (1913-1921: [71]) *[NB: this height must include a base]

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