Vestby No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 20238VES

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Vestby Kirke / Mariakirken

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: v/Kirkeveien 15, Vestby, Norway

Country Name: Norway

Location: Akershus, Østlandet

Directions to Site: Located 5 km E of Oslofjorden, near the border with Värmland, Sweden

Ecclesiastic Region: Borg bispedømme

Century and Period: Medieval [composite]

Font Notes: Click to view

Arne Eriksen reports in Den Norske Kirke entry for Vestby [http://vestby.kirken.no/kirkene-vaare/vestby-kirke] [accessed 20 December 2015] that the original font [cf. Vestby No. 1] was moved to a museum in Oslo, and that the present font is a medieval stone basin on a modern base.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.602149, 10.73169

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 36′ 7.73″ N, 10° 43′ 54.08″ E

UTM: 32V 597740 6608379

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone