Muntorp

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 17264MUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten
Cognate Fonts: other such
Church / Chapel Name: Munktorps kyrka [the original Davidskyrkan is mid-11th century]
Font Location in Church: [now located in the vestibule [wapenhuset]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. David of Munktorp [David av Munktorp]
Church Address: Munktorp, 73170 Köping - Sweden - Phone: +46 (0)221 400 31
Site Location: Västmanland, Västmanlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Munktorp is located just E of Köping
Ecclesiastic Region: Västerås
Historical Region: Västmanland län
Font Notes:
Fragment of a stone basin inside Davidskyrka [cf. Index entry for Munktorp No. 2]. Though badly damaged and worn nowI it appears to be a basin of the Paradisenfunten type, with concave ribbed pattern on the inside of the basin.

COORDINATES

UTM: 33V 564101 6599988

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round (concave ribs)
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin