Dagsberg
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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - trefoiled arches
INFORMATION
FontID: 09157DAG
Church/Chapel: Dagsbergs kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Östergötland, Östergötlands län
Directions to Site: Located on road 209, 8-10 km E of Norrköping
Font Location in Church: inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten
Cognate Fonts: The fonts at Bruges (Belgium) Koszalin (Poland) and Poïde (Estonia)
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in Berggren (2002: 171) as a baptismal font of the Paradise group; the geological analysis of the stone shows that it probably comes from the same limestone quarry and bed as those from Bruges, Koszalin and Poïde [cf. corresponding Index entries].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone (from Gotland)
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygona;
REFERENCES
Berggren, Lars, "The Export of Limestone and Limestone Fonts from Gotland during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries", 2002