Norra Sandby

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design element - motifs - flat moulding
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Norra Sandby kyrka..Exteriör"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 11 April 2018 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Sandby_kyrka_01.jpg] [accessed 18 July 2021]
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![Source caption: "Norra Sandy Kyrka [...] Dopfunt av gråsten i två delar."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210718001_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Norra Sandy Kyrka [...] Dopfunt av gråsten i två delar."
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23381SAN
Church/Chapel: Norra Sanby kyrka
Church Location: Norra Sandby kyrkeby, 281 91 Hässleholm Ö, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off local road M2050 [Hässleholm Ö], S of county road 119, in the municipality and about 15 km NE of Hässleholm
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Västra Göinge härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, in the SE corner of the nave
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Andrarum [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: present church built 1863-1864; old church demolished at about the same time
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in Tynell (1913-1921) as a baptismal font made of granite, somewhat similar to the font at Andrarum. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900806F1] as a baptismal font made in the first half of the 13th century, the basin of sandstone by the base of granite.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
56.200031,
13.924086
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
56° 12′ 0.11″ N,
13° 55′ 26.71″ E
UTM: 33V 433246 6228864
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, sandstone [basin] -- granite [base]
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 64 cm* / **
Font Height (less Plinth): 76.5 cm* / 77 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Tynell (1913-1921) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900806F1]
REFERENCES
Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921