Lyse
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Image Source: archival record supplied by the Göteborgs stadsmuseum to BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Göteborgs stadsmuseum, 2010
Image Source: detail of an archival record supplied by the Göteborgs stadsmuseum to BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16955LYS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Museum: Göteborgs stadsmuseum, G.M. 8492
Church / Chapel Name: Lyse gamla kyrka [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Site Location: Bohuslän, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) highway 162, N of Lysekil, W of Uddevalla [Coordinates: 58° 19' 0 N 11° 28' 0 E 58.31667 11.46667]
Historical Region: Bohuslän, Västergötland, Stångenäs härad, Uddevala kn
Additional Comments: disused font
Font Notes:
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The basin of a baptismal font from the old church at Lyse, now in ruins, is held and documented in the Göteborgs stadsmuseum [ref. G.M. 8492]: quatrefoil in shape in and out, and made of Gotland limestone; dated to the mid- or early-14th century; the basin well has a central drain hole 5 cm in diameter.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the staff at the Göteborgs stadsmuseum for their help in documenting this font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (Gotland)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: quatrefoil, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: quatrefoil
Basin Exterior Shape: quatrefoil
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 87.5 cm*
Basin Depth: 32.5 cm*
Basin Total Height: 46-48 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Göteborgs stadsmuseum]