Skanor No. 2 / Skanör

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design element - patterns - ribbed?

[cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 09167SKA
Object Type: Baptismal Font2 (fragment)
Church/Chapel: Skanör kyrka / S:t Olofs kyrka
Church Patron Saints: St. Olaf [aka Olaf II Haraldsson, Óláfr Haraldsson, Olav, Olav Haraldsson, Olave, Olof]
Church Location: Östra Kyrkogatan 5, 239 30 Skanör, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 40 47 97 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off (N) county road 100 and Falsterbo, 20-25 km SW of Malmö
Ecclesiastic Region: Lund Stift
Historical Region: Skytts härad, Vellinge komun, Skåne län
Font Location in Church: Outside, in the porch [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Raflundagruppen [Tynell]
Font Notes:
Noted in Tynell (1913-1921) as the remains of a limestone font of the Raflundagruppen, the lower part of the basin with sixteen 'stafvar' [rods? ribs?] and a base. Described in Berggren (2002: 174 fn42) as the remains of a Gotlandic font in this locality. [cf. Index entry for Skanör No. 1 for the baptismal font in this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.419183, 12.849997
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 25′ 9.06″ N, 12° 50′ 59.99″ E
UTM: 33U 363916 6143542

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (from Gotland)
Number of Pieces: [fragment]

REFERENCES

Berggren, Lars, "The Export of Limestone and Limestone Fonts from Gotland during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries", 2002
Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921