Falsterbo No. 2 (Skåne)

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view of base in context

Scene Description: in the porch [="vapenhuset"]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Geleja, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph by Geleja in Kyrkokartan [www.kyrkokartan.se/057784/Falsterbo_kyrka] [accessed 13 June 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 09168FAL
Church/Chapel: Falsterbo kyrka / Sankta Gertruds kyrka
Church Patron Saints: St. Gertrude the Great [aka Gertrud die Große von Helfta, Gertrude of Helfta, Gertrudis]
Church Location: Kyrkogatan, 239 40 Falsterbo, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 40 47 97 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off (S) county road 100, 1-2 km S of Skanör, in the municipality of Vellinge, about 25 km SSW of Malmö
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Skytt härad, Vellinge kn, Skåne
Font Location in Church: Outside, in the porch
Century and Period: 14th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Raflundagruppen [Tynell]
Church Notes: late-14thC church; modified 15thC; renovated 1953 and fresco murals uncovered
Tynell (1913- ) mentions two fonts in this church, one of which, which he reports in the porch [="I vapenhuset"] is described as the base of a font of the 'Raflundagruppen' without further details. Not mentioned in Rydbeck (136). Berggren (2002: 174 fn42) mentions the remains of a Gotlandic font in this locality; presumably this is the same fragment reported in Tynell [cf. supra]. Not mentioned in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld. A conical base of stone is shown in a recent photograph by Geleja [www.kyrkokartan.se/057784/Falsterbo_kyrka] [accessed 13 June 2021]; it is plain except for a roll moulding atop [cf. ImagesArea]. [cf. BSI entry for Falsterbo No.1 for the main baptismal font in this church].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.389444, 12.838056
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 23′ 22″ N, 12° 50′ 17″ E
UTM: 33U 363058 6140257

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (from Gotland)
Drainage Notes: the base shows no drain hole in it

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