Vestby No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 20238VES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Vestby Kirke / Mariakirken
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: v/Kirkeveien 15, Vestby, Norway
Site Location: Akershus, Østlandet, Norway, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 5 km E of Oslofjorden, near the border with Värmland, Sweden
Ecclesiastic Region: Borg bispedømme
Additional Comments: altered font? only the basin is original; the base is modern
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 32V 597740 6608379
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 59.602149, 10.73169
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 59° 36′ 7.73″ N, 10° 43′ 54.08″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone