Balinge No. 2 / Bälinge nr. Uppsala

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Scene Description: the late-17thC font

view of font in context

Scene Description: the late-17thC font in context

INFORMATION

FontID: 22851BAL
Church/Chapel: Bälinge kyrka
Church Location: Kyrkbacken, 743 81 Bälinge, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 18 35 50 01
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Uppland, Uppsala län
Directions to Site: Located W of the E4, 14 km NNW of Uppsala city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Uppsala Stift
Historical Region: Bälinge härad, Västmanlands län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the Mariakoret, transept
Date: 1683?
Century and Period: 17th century(late?),
There are now [August 2020] two baptismal fonts in this church; the later one, located in the Mariakoret is a 17th-century coloured marble font consisting of a smalish hemispherical basin with a Swedish inscription below the upper rim, all around [NB; the inscription -transcription not available- may contain the date and name of the donor]; the pedestal base has multiple mouldings, the lower half decorated with gold drapery on a dark blue background; the bottom of the lower base is damaged. The evenemangs guiden [https://uppsala.com/balinge-kyrka] [accessd 16 August 2020] informs this font was donated in 1683 by Matthias Edenberg of Kiplingeberg. No cover present. [cf. BSI entry for Balinge No. 1 for the basin of the medieval font in this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.945833, 17.529444
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 56′ 45″ N, 17° 31′ 46″ E
UTM: 33V 641294 6648079

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Number of Pieces: 2/3
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Swedish
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: around the basin, below the upper rim
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Sacrad monuments and practices in the Baltic Sea region: new vists to old churches, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017