Etelhem No. 1

Results: 119 records

B01: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Christ at Getsemane

on the east side of the basin -- scene identification a/p Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 149); Roosval (1918) groups the first three scenes "1, 2?, 3" under the general heading of the Mocking of Christ [=Bespottung Christi]

Scene Description: on the east side of the basin -- scene identification a/p Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 149); Roosval (1918) groups the first three scenes "1, 2?, 3" under the general heading of the Mocking of Christ [=Bespottung Christi]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

B01: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Christ at Getsemane

Scene Description: in the centre of the image; there is very little relief remaing on the stone

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

B02: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Christ before Pontius Pilate

on the northeast side of the basin -- scene identification a/p Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 149); Roosval (1918) groups the first three scenes "1, 2?, 3" under the general heading of the Mocking of Christ [=Bespottung Christi]

Scene Description: on the northeast side of the basin -- scene identification a/p Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 149); Roosval (1918) groups the first three scenes "1, 2?, 3" under the general heading of the Mocking of Christ [=Bespottung Christi]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

B03: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Mocking of Christ

on the north side of the basin -- scene identification a/p Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 149); Roosval (1918) groups the first three scenes "1, 2?, 3" under the general heading of the Mocking of Christ [=Bespottung Christi]

Scene Description: on the north side of the basin -- scene identification a/p Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 149); Roosval (1918) groups the first three scenes "1, 2?, 3" under the general heading of the Mocking of Christ [=Bespottung Christi]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

B04: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion - Longinus

on the northwest side of the basin -- a Crucifixion scene with two other figures, as well as two angels above the arms of the cross; scene identification a/p Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 149); Roosval (1918), too, has as the Crucifixion [=Kreuzigung]

Scene Description: on the northwest side of the basin -- a Crucifixion scene with two other figures, as well as two angels above the arms of the cross; scene identification a/p Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 149); Roosval (1918), too, has as the Crucifixion [=Kreuzigung]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

B05: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Deposition

on the west side of the basin -- the Descent from the cross; three persons present, two of which women; plus two angels above the arms of the cross; Manus Dei above the cross; identification a/p Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 149), and Roosval (1918) [=Kreuzabnahme]

Scene Description: on the west side of the basin -- the Descent from the cross; three persons present, two of which women; plus two angels above the arms of the cross; Manus Dei above the cross; identification a/p Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 149), and Roosval (1918) [=Kreuzabnahme]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

B06: New Testament - Passion of Christ - entombment

on the southwest of the basin -- two male figures sealing the tomb with the lid; identification a/p Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 149), and Roosval (1918) [=Grablegung]

Scene Description: on the southwest of the basin -- two male figures sealing the tomb with the lid; identification a/p Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 149), and Roosval (1918) [=Grablegung]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

B07: New Testament - events from Resurrection to Pentecost - Resurrection of Christ - Christ rises from the grave? Women at the grave?

on the south side of the basin -- on the right side Christ, crossed haloed, holding a cross; on the left, two human figues pointing their fingers towards Him; a/p interpretation in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 149). Roosval (1918), however, identifies this scene as the women at the grave [=Die Frauen am Grabe]

Scene Description: on the south side of the basin -- on the right side Christ, crossed haloed, holding a cross; on the left, two human figues pointing their fingers towards Him; a/p interpretation in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 149). Roosval (1918), however, identifies this scene as the women at the grave [=Die Frauen am Grabe]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

B07: New Testament - events from Resurrection to Pentecost - Resurrection of Christ - Christ rises from the grave? Women at the grave? - detail

the three figures; although very eroded now, the figure on the right appears to have a crossed halo; more evident is the small cross to the left, between the figures

Scene Description: the three figures; although very eroded now, the figure on the right appears to have a crossed halo; more evident is the small cross to the left, between the figures

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

B08: unidentified

on the southeast of the basin -- the carving is almost totally gone and the scene is unreadable; all the texture is now gone, except for what appears to be the top of a human body and a head right under the arch-head

Scene Description: on the southeast of the basin -- the carving is almost totally gone and the scene is unreadable; all the texture is now gone, except for what appears to be the top of a human body and a head right under the arch-head

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBH01: animal - mammal - lion - head - with prey in its jaws - covered in interlace

on the northeast side of the base -- this is the lion to the right of the "Delilah cuts Samson's hair"; it appears to have a reptile or frog in its jaws

Scene Description: on the northeast side of the base -- this is the lion to the right of the "Delilah cuts Samson's hair"; it appears to have a reptile or frog in its jaws

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBH01: animal - mammal - lion - head - with prey in its jaws - covered in interlace - detail

Scene Description: left side view of the lion's head showing the fancy interlace

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBH01: animal - mammal - lion - head - with prey in its jawss - covered in interlace - detail

Scene Description: frontal view of the open jaws of the lion; frog-like prey?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBH02: animal - mammal - lion - head - standing human figure inside the lion's mouth - covered in interlace

Scene Description: on the northwest side of the font -- this is the head to the right of the "Burial of Samson" scene; a human figure in profile, facing right; the right hand to his (?) mouth, the left around the waist holding his (?) mantle

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBH02: animal - mammal - lion - head - standing human figure inside the lion's mouth - covered in interlace - detail

Scene Description: view of the right side of the lion's head

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBH02: animal - mammal - lion - head - standing human figure inside the lion's mouth - covered in interlace - detail

Scene Description: frontal view of the lion's head showing the standing human figure; notice the position of the arms

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBH02: animal - mammal - lion - head - standing human figure inside the lion's mouth - covered in interlace - detail

Scene Description: view of the left side of the lion's head

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBH03: Old Testament - the time of Samson - the book of Judges - Samson - fighting a lion

on the southwest side of the base -- this is the lion head to the right of the "Samson taken to Gaza" scene; a/p interpretation in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 150)

Scene Description: on the southwest side of the base -- this is the lion head to the right of the "Samson taken to Gaza" scene; a/p interpretation in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 150)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBH03: Old Testament - the time of Samson - the book of Judges - Samson - fighting a lion - aspis

Scene Description: view of the right side of the lion's head, with Samson riding it and pulling its jaws

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBH03: Old Testament - the time of Samson - the book of Judges - Samson - fighting a lion - aspis

Scene Description: frontal view of the top of the lion's head, with a bearded Samson on it

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBH03: Old Testament - the time of Samson - the book of Judges - Samson - fighting a lion - aspis

Scene Description: view of the left side of the lion's head, with Samson riding it and pulling its jaws

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBH04: animal - mammal - lion - head - with prey? - covered in interlace

on the southeast side of the base -- this is the head to the right of the "Samson in the house of the Philistines" scene; it may have a prey or figure in its jaws - damaged

Scene Description: on the southeast side of the base -- this is the head to the right of the "Samson in the house of the Philistines" scene; it may have a prey or figure in its jaws - damaged

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBH04: animal - mammal - lion - head - with prey? - covered in interlace - detail

Scene Description: view of the left side of the lion's head, showing the interlace

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBH04: animal - mammal - lion - head - with prey? - covered in interlace - detail

Scene Description: frontal view of the lion's head; though damaged now, there appears to have been something in its jaws originally

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBH04: animal - mammal - lion - head - with prey? - covered in interlace - detail

Scene Description: view of the left side of the lion's head, showing the interlace

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBS01: Old Testament - the time of Samson - the book of Judges - story of Samson and Delilah (Judges 16:4-21) - Samson's hairlocks are cut off by Delilah

Scene Description: on the west side; a/p interpretation in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 150)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBS01: Old Testament - the time of Samson - the book of Judges - story of Samson and Delilah (Judges 16:4-21) - Samson's hairlocks are cut off by Delilah

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBS02: Old Testament - the time of Samson - the book of Judges - the burial of Samson

Scene Description: on the north side; a/p interpretation in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 150)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBS02: Old Testament - the time of Samson - the book of Judges - the burial of Samson- detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBS03: Old Testament - the time of Samson - the book of Judges - the blind Samson in Gaza, bound with brass chains

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBS03: Old Testament - the time of Samson - the book of Judges - the blind Samson is led by his young guide to the pillars on which the house (or temple) stands

Scene Description: on the west side; a/p interpretation in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 150)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBS04: Old Testament - the time of Samson - the book of Judges - the blind Samson is led by his young guide to the pillars on which the house (or temple) stands

Scene Description: on the south side; a/p interpretation in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 150)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBS04: Old Testament - the time of Samson - the book of Judges - the blind Samson is led by his young guide to the pillars on which the house (or temple) stands

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter - martyrdom - upside-down crucifixion

Scene Description: too worn now to discern any details; a/p identification in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 149) and Roosval (1918)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

design element - architectural - arcade - round arches

originally on the underbowl but now mostly obliterated -- image as recorded in Roosval (1918); the carving is now too eroded to discern any of this detail

Scene Description: originally on the underbowl but now mostly obliterated -- image as recorded in Roosval (1918); the carving is now too eroded to discern any of this detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - decorated arches - columns with capitals and bases - 8

Scene Description: most of them very worn now; some arch-heads have torsade pattern, while other appear to be plain

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

design element - motifs - interlace

one of the spandrels of the basin arcade, the one between scenes seven and eight, has an interlace; the others have triquetras (4 of them) or crossed links (2)

Scene Description: one of the spandrels of the basin arcade, the one between scenes seven and eight, has an interlace; the others have triquetras (4 of them) or crossed links (2)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

design element - motifs - interlace - cross-shaped - crossed links

Scene Description: two of them; in the pandrels to the left and right of scene number six

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

Scene Description: all around the upper basin sides

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

information

Image Source: field-notes taken 22 August 2012 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

information

Image Source: field-notes taken 22 August 2012 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

information

Image Source: field-notes taken 22 August 2012 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

information

Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

inscription

Scene Description: the Runic inscription on the northeast side of the centre ring

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

inscription

Scene Description: identifying the master or workshop that produced the font? or had it made? The Latin characters of this inscription appear to form a phrase with those in Runic characters on the other side [cf. InscriptionNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

symbol - triquetra - 4

Scene Description: in four of the spandrels of the basin arcade

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

unidentified

several scenes originally on the underbowl but now mostly obliterated -- image as recorded in Roosval (1918); the carving is now too eroded to discern any of this detail

Scene Description: several scenes originally on the underbowl but now mostly obliterated -- image as recorded in Roosval (1918); the carving is now too eroded to discern any of this detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of base

Scene Description: sides north and west

Image Source: digital image of an engraving on a drawing by S. Anjou, in Roosval (1918)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of base

Scene Description: east side (top) and south (bottom)

Image Source: digital image of an engraving on a drawing by S. Anjou, in Roosval (1918)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of base

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 May 1997 by BSI

view of base

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 May 1997 by BSI

view of base

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 May 1997 by BSI

view of base

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 May 1997 by BSI

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910825F2] [accessed 10 April 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910825F2] [accessed 10 April 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910825F2] [accessed 10 April 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910825F2] [accessed 10 April 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of base - detail

Scene Description: is this Delilah caught in the lion's maw? fantastic pattern around the sides [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910825F2] [accessed 10 April 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 May 1997 by BSI

view of base - east side

Image Source: digital image of an engraving on a drawing by S. Anjou, in Roosval (1918)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of base - east side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of base - north side

Image Source: digital image of an engraving on a drawing by S. Anjou, in Roosval (1918)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of base - north side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of base - northeast side

Scene Description: notice the additional drain and drain-plate in the plinth

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of base - south side

Image Source: digital image of an engraving on a drawing by S. Anjou, in Roosval (1918)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of base - south side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of base - west side

Image Source: digital image of an engraving on a drawing by S. Anjou, in Roosval (1918)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of base - west side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910825F2] [accessed 10 April 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910825F2] [accessed 10 April 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of basin - interior

Scene Description: notice the painted upper rim surface of the basin, and the rust marks on the inside

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 July 2009 by Anders Lennver [www.flickr.com/photos/jackorion/3716603614/] [accessed 29 September 2012]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - northwest end

Scene Description: showing the north portal opening into the tower space

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 April 2006 by Cirodite [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Etelhemkyrka.JPG] [accessed 29 September 2012]

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: 12thC (?) lion on the south side, at the angle between the tower and the nave block

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: 12thC (?) lion on the south side, at the angle between the tower and the nave block

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: 12thC (?) lion on the south side, at the angle between the tower and the nave block

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal

Scene Description: opening into the chancel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 July 2009 by Anders Lennver [www.flickr.com/photos/jackorion/3716604184/] [accessed 29 September 2012]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - tower - north portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - tower - south side - portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - south view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - Holy Rood

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - Holy Rood - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - north side - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - column - base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - column - base - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - column - base - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - north side - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - pillar - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - pulpit and sounding board

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910825F2] [accessed 10 April 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 May 1997 by BSI

view of font - east side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - east side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of font - north side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - northeast side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - northwest side

Image Source: digital images of an engraving on a drawing by S. Anjou, in Roosval (1918)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of font - northwest side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - south side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - southeast side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - southwest side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - west side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the font with its later cover at the west end of the nave, looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 June 2009 by JsonLind [Roine Johansson] [www.flickr.com/photos/26421824@N03/3755998138/] [accessed 29 September 2012]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of font base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of font base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of font base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of font base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: at the west end of the nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of font in context - west view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of plinth - detail

Scene Description: the drain and drain-plate

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of projection

Scene Description: the programme on the basin sides

Image Source: digital image of an engraving on a drawing by S. Anjou, in Roosval (1918)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of projection - detail

Scene Description: corresponding to scenes one through three

Image Source: digital image of an engraving on a drawing by S. Anjou, in Roosval (1918)

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view of projection - detail

Scene Description: corresponding to scenes four and five

Image Source: digital image of an engraving on a drawing by S. Anjou, in Roosval (1918)

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view of projection - detail

Scene Description: corresponding to scenes six through eight

Image Source: digital image of an engraving on a drawing by S. Anjou, in Roosval (1918)

Copyright Instructions: PD

INFORMATION

FontID: 00006ETE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Etelhems kyrka

Church Location: Etelhems kyrkby 415, Stånga, Gotland, Sweden

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Gotland, Gotlands län

Directions to Site: Located off local road I532, N of county road 144, E of the 142, 10 km N of Stånga, about 35 km SSE of Visby

Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift

Historical Region: Gotlands södra härad, Garde ting, Gotlands län

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, centre aisle, by the S entranceway

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hegvald / Hegwald

Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]

Church Notes: early-13thC tower; rest of the church 14thC, expanded 17thC; 15thC Passion master's interior paintings;

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Roosval with engravings on drawings by S. Anjou, in Roosval (1918). Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 145-152) as a cylindrical mounted baptismal font of grey sandstone ornamented with figural motifs. The basin has almost vertical sides with the following Passion ornamentation program: 1)Christ at Getsemane; 2)Christ before prefect Pontius Pilate; 3)Mocking of Christ; 4)Crucifixion of Christ: five figures present at the foot of the cross, including Longinus with his spear, and two angels above the cross arms; 5)Descent from the cross: three persons stand at thye foot of the cross -two are women-, two angels above the arms of the cross and the "Manus Dei" above, at the centre; 6)sealing of Christ's grave: two male figures place the top on the stone casket; 7)Resurrection of Christ: Christ located between two crosses (a "korsgloria" [=cross of glory] and a "korsstav" [=cross staff]; the same scene includes a person pointing to Christ and an angel. On the underbowl, the story of St. Peter's crucifixion and martyrdom. The base has four large protruding lion (?) heads, three of them almost totally covered in interlace; one has a woman (Delilah?) standing in profile inside the stretched jaws; another has a human figure (Samson?) lying on it and holding the sides of the jaws; between the figures, four scenes of the story of Samson as per Kings 16, 19-31: 1)Delilah cuts Samson's hair; 2)Delilah holds up Samson's tresses while he is led blind to Gaza; 3)five human figures appear under arches; the scene represents Samson pulling down the house of the Philistines after recovering his strength; 4)burial of Samson (?) with two figures, one of whom is a female. The scens were painted white, black, red and green in the 18th century. The same source (SK: Gotland...: p. 150) notes an inscription on one of the sides of the base [above the third side]: the first word of the inscription is in capital letters, "HEGVVALDR", while the rest is in Runes [cf. Inscription area]. Although the original claim was that this name referred to the actual artist who made the font, it has been argued that it is more likely the name of the person who commissioned the font. The font was dated to the second half of the 12th century by Roosval (1918: 65ff) and is similar to the fonts at Vänge, När and Stånga [cf. Index entries]. Carlsson (1976: 88) mentions a man-with-lion motif on one of the corners of the base [Carlsson gives the name of the place as "Ethelhem" and cites Roosval's Die Stenmeister Gotlands as source]. In Lundberg (1937). In Alhem (1959) In Stenström (1975). In Svanberg (1995). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910825F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the mid-12th century by Hegvald, whose name appears in a Runic inscription; the SHM reports traces of paint and very badly eroded sides. On-site notes: the font is badly worn and the bowl is broken around the middle (it has been repaired). The base and the bowl seem to belong together. There are arches and columns dividing the pictorial program. There were once a total of eight arches on the bowl. On the base, between the heads of the four devouring beasts, there are scenes, sometimes one on top of the other; other times, only one scene. The plinth has a carved circle to one side where the water from under the base drains to. -- [NB: a number of fragments believed to be part of the basin of another font were found in this church and later moved to the Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm [cf. Index entry for Ethelhem No. 2 for details]]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.337489, 18.495847

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 20′ 14.96″ N, 18° 29′ 45.05″ E

UTM: 34V 349278 6357728

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone? [basin only] -- limestone? [base only]

Number of Pieces: three (plus plinth)

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

Rim Thickness: 7-8 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 55-56 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 70.5-72 cm* / 72 cm**

Basin Depth: 28 cm*

Height of Basin Side: 25-27 cm*

Basin Total Height: 39-41 cm*

Height of Base: 58-59 cm*

Height of Central Column: 38 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 97-98 cm* [includes lower base/first plinth] / 80 cm**

Font Height (with Plinth): 113-115 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site [three sets of measurements taken] / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910825F2]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: runes and Latin

Inscription Notes: Transcription of the original Runic text to Swedish [lät göra denna sten]; the text can be translated as "this stone was asked to be made by Hegwaldr" -or- "this work was commissioned by Hegwaldr"

Inscription Location: The inscription is on the upper part of the base between two of the beasts heads that frame the scene with Samson bringing down the house of the Philistines

Inscription Text: "HEGVVALDR / Hvatr lit giara funtkar"

Inscription Source: Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 150)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?

Material: wood

Apparatus: no

Notes: octagonal with moulded sides, second octagonal box-like atop; acorn finial

REFERENCES

Carlsson, Frans, The Iconology of Tectonics in Romanesque Art, Hässleholm: AM-Tryck, 1976

Fåhraeus, Fredrik, "Dopfuntarna, deras tillbehör och placering på Gotland under medeltiden. En inventering.", Stockholm, 1974

Lindblom, Andreas, Gotländska stenmästare, Malmö: Allhems Förlag, 1959

Ljungman, Ulrika, "Där ord blev sten: Delstudie av romanska dopfuntars ikongrafi", 1993, ICO – Iconographisk Post. Nordisk tidskrift för bildtolkning – Nordic Review of Iconography, 1993, pp. 1-20, 19 ill.; p. 8

Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990

Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984

Roosval, Johnny, Die Steinmeister Gottlands: Eine Geschichte der führenden Taufsteinwerkstätte des schwedischen Mittlealters, ihre Voraussetzungen und Begleit-Erscheinungen, Stockholm: A.-B. C.E. Fritzes K. Hofbokhandel, 1918

Roosval, Johnny, Medeltida kunst i Gotlands fornsal, Stockholm: A.-B. Gunnar Tisells tekniska förlag, 1925

Stolt, Bengt, Medeltida teater och gotländsk kyrkokonst: paralleller och påverkningar, Visby: Ödins förlag, 1993

Tuulse, Armin, Romansk konst i Norden, Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1968