Saebo / Sæbø / Sæbö

Listed and illustrated in Solhaug (2001) as a baptismal font of composite nature, with a basin made of Norwegian soapstone and a base made of limestone on Gotland and imported into Norway. Described and illustrated in Berggren (2002: 173 and pl. 21) as an "unfinished pedestal with cracks in the upper part"; "the heads and the torus of the shaft were never finished -probably because it cracked in transport". Berggren (ibid.) reports the object now [i.e., ca. 2002] in the Bergen Historical Museum, in Norway. Mentioned in Gravgaver [https://www.gravgaver.no/gotland-dopefonter.htm] [accessed 2 October 2022] as one of twelve medieval fonts imported from Gotland into Norway: "Borre (av kummen er kun fragmenter bevart), Eidanger (kun fot), Fon (nederste del av kummen), Hidra (skaft og fot), Holmedal (skaft og fot), Hvaler, Nøtterøy (kun underdel), Ramnes (skaft og fot, fire hoder skyter ut fra vulsten), Sannidal, Sæbø, Tanum, Våle." Illustrated in the University Museum of Bergen site [https://www.medieval.eu/norwegian-church-art-in-bergen/] [accessed 6 October 2022]. The entry for this church in Norges Kirker [https://norgeskirker.no/wiki/S%C3%A6b%C3%B8_kirke#D.C3.B8pefont] [accessed 6 October 2022] reports a later wooden font: "Åttekantet, gotiserende. Skaft med nodus. Profilert kum og fot. Blekrød med gul og grå staffering." [cf., for instance, Index entries for Suderbys and Langå for examples of unfinished fonts]. The present font in use in Sæbø Kirke is modern, octagonala and made of wood.