Falsterbo No. 2 (Skåne)
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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]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09168FAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, base only?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Raflundagruppen [Tynell]
Church / Chapel Name: Falsterbo kyrka / Sankta Gertruds kyrka
Font Location in Church: Outside, in the porch
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gertrude the Great [aka Gertrud die Große von Helfta, Gertrude of Helfta, Gertrudis]
Church Notes: late-14thC church; modified 15thC; renovated 1953 and fresco murals uncovered
Church Address: Kyrkogatan, 239 40 Falsterbo, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 40 47 97 00
Site Location: Skåne, Skåne län, Sweden, Europe
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
Additional Comments: disused font / fragment of a font (in the porch)
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 33U 363058 6140257
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.389444, 12.838056
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 23′ 22″ N, 12° 50′ 17″ E
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, p. 90