Sodra Aby / Södra Åby

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09173ABY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hallarödsgruppen (Tynell) / Blentarp-iii group [Drake]
Cognate Fonts: The fonts at Billinge, Hallaröd, Perstorp, Simlinge and Södra Åby are all of similar shape and decoration
Church / Chapel Name: Södra Åby kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Address: Södra Åby byaväg. 231 97 Klagstorp, Sweden
Site Location: Skåne, Skåne län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road M667, between Simlinge (W) and Ballby (E), 10-11 km ENE of Trelleborg
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Vemmenhögs hd., Skåne
Font Notes:
Listed in Brunius (1850: 507). Described in Tynell (1913-1921: 106): medieval baptismal font of the Hallaröd group, ornamented like the font at Billinge [cf. Index entry], with a band of inverted fleur-de-lis. Described in Drake (2002: 184) as a Romanesque font, one of the Blentarp-iii group of goblet-shaped fonts "with hanging lillies", a group in which Drake includes the fonts at Billinge, Hallaröd, Perstorp, Simlinge and Södra Åby [cf. corresponding Index entries]. A 19-century drawing of the font by Hans Jakob Strömberg is illudtrated in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Åby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200063386.jpg] [accessed 28 July 2025]

COORDINATES

UTM: 33U 392973 6138996
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.385556, 13.310556
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 23′ 8″ N, 13° 18′ 38″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Diameter (includes rim): 61 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 81 cm
Notes on Measurements: Tynell (1913-1921: 106)

REFERENCES

  • Brunius, Carl Georg, Skånes Konsthistoria från Medeltiden, Lund: Hos Förläggaren, 1850, p. 507
  • Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002, p. 184
  • Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921, p. 10, 106, 151