Ottarp

Results: 2 records

BBL01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

could be described simply as a series of semi-circles
Scene Description: could be described simply as a series of semi-circles

LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

forming a bellows-like base
Scene Description: forming a bellows-like base

INFORMATION

FontID: 09096OTT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Ottarps kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located just W of road 110, 20- 25 km ESE 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: Munkarp group / Munkarpsgruppen / Munkarpsgruppen (basin) -- Ossjögruppen (base)
Cognate Fonts: Other fonts of the Munkarp group, especially those at Vallärra and Igelösa
Font Notes:
Described an illustrated in Tynell (1913-1921: 75) as a medieval baptismal font made of sandstone; Tynell (ibid.) groups the quadrangular basin with the Munkarp fonts but the base with those of the Ossjö group; the sides of the basin are decorated with a very short arcade, more like a series of semi-circles, as Drake (2002: 147-148) points out; this same author describes the base type as "the bellows of a plate camera".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Diameter (includes rim): 59.5 cm
Height of Basin Side: 67 cm
Notes on Measurements: Tynell (1913-1921: 75)

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