Frojel / Fröjel

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B01: animal - mammal - quadruped - passant

Scene Description: seen here only in part, at the extreme right of the image; facing right; a lion? a horse? -- on the east side [orientation approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

B02: animal - mammal - quadruped - passant

Scene Description: facing left; a lion? a horse? -- on the northeast side [orientation approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

B02: animal - mammal - quadruped - passant - detail

Scene Description: facing left; a lion? a horse? -- on the northeast side [orientation approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

B03: animal - mammal - quadruped - passant

Scene Description: facing right; a lion? a horse? -- on the north side of the basin [orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

B04: animal - mammal - quadruped - passant

Scene Description: facing left; a lion? a horse? -- on the northwest side of the basin [orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

B05: animal - mammal - quadruped - passant

Scene Description: facing right; a lion? a horse? -- on the west side of the basin [orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

B06: animal - mammal - quadruped - horned - passant

Scene Description: facing left -- on the southwest side of the basin [orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

B07: animal - mammal - quadruped - horned - passant

Scene Description: facing right [cf. FontNotes] -- on the south side of the basin [orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

B08: animal - mammal - quadruped - passant

Scene Description: facing left; a lion? a horse? -- on the southeast side of the basin [orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

LBH01: animal - mammal - ram - head

Scene Description: facing approximately east-southeast

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

LBH01: animal - mammal - ram - head

Scene Description: on the east side of the base [orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

LBH01: animal - mammal - ram - head

Scene Description: on the east side of the base [orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

LBH02: head?

Scene Description: facing approximately north-northwest; it may have never been fully carved [or, was it broken off?]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

LBH03: human figure - male? - head

Scene Description: facing approximately west [orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

LBH04: animal - mammal - lion - head

Scene Description: facing approximately south-southwest [orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

design element - motifs - nail-head

Scene Description: vertical rows of it separate the different basin sides; also another row at the top

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

information

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

information

Scene Description: posted outside the church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

information

Image Source: field-notes taken 20 August 2012 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

information

Image Source: field-notes taken 20 August 2012 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

information

Image Source: field-notes taken 20 August 2012 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910504F1] [accessed 12 April 2021]

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

view of base - south and southeast sides

Scene Description: orientation is approximate

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of base - south side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of base - southwest side

Scene Description: orientation is approximate

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of basin

Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Kjellin (1925)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910504F1] [accessed 12 April 2021]

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view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910504F1] [accessed 12 April 2021]

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view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910504F1] [accessed 12 April 2021]

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: with the liner removed; no evidence of a drain hole

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of basin - interior - lining or insert

Scene Description: the removable wood-and-metal lining

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: with the wood-and-metal liner in

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of basin - upper view - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery and lych-gate

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: detail of ashlar work on the church exterior

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: a later insert repair to the ashlar wall using cruder stone blocks

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: a later insert repair to the ashlar wall using cruder stone blocks

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - east end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - east view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - northwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: the exterior corresponding to the nave, with the tower in the left

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: the tower and the southwest portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: detail of ashlar work on the church exterior, here in the proximity of the southeast portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: detail of ashlar work on the church exterior, here in the proximity of the southeast portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: detail of ashlar work on the church exterior, here in the proximity of the southeast portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - door

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - door - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - tower - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - tower - detail

Scene Description: detail of ashlar work on the church exterior, here on the sides of the tower

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - churchyard, cemetery

Scene Description: taken from the churchyard, showing the proximity of the coastline

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - 'ex voto', votive image or object - votive ship

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - Holy Rood

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - Holy Rood - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - alms box

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - ceiling - painting

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - choir - stalls

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - north wall - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - south wall

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: view from inside the chancel; the font can be seen in the foreground,, right (north) side, beneath the chancel arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - north side - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - pulpit - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - retable

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - sacristy - doorway

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone

Scene Description: some bearing Runic inscriptions

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - west end - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910504F1] [accessed 12 April 2021]

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

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910504F1] [accessed 12 April 2021]

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

view of font - south and southeast sides

Scene Description: orientation is approximate

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - south side

Scene Description: orientation is apprximate

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - west and northwest sides

Scene Description: orientation is approximate

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - west and southwest sides

Scene Description: orientation is approximate

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: beneath the north side of the chancel arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of font in context

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 00019FRO

Church/Chapel: Fröjels Kyrka

Church Location: Fröjels kyrkby 140, 623 55 Klintehamn, Gorland, Sweden

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Gotland, Gotllands län

Directions to Site: Located off (W) county road 140, about 5 km S of Klinteham, on the W coast

Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift

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

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the NE end of the chancel arch

Date: 1166

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [base only] -- 14th century [basin only] [composite font], Romanesque [altered]

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Byzantios [base only] / Fröjel group / Fröjelgruppen (basin only)

Cognate Fonts: Other fonts of this group, including the basin from Anseküll (on Ösel, Estonia) and one base at the Gotlands Fornsal [cf. Index entry for Visby No. 2]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to professor Øystein Hjort, København Universitet, for the Kjellin reference to this font

Church Notes: late-12thC(?) church; modified ca. 1300, 17thC

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

In Roosval (1918) with date 1166 [cf. infra]. Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. III) as a composite font of two parts, basin and base, from different periods: the sandstone base is the usual round pedestal ornamented with four protruding heads, a work attributable to the Byzantios' workshop and dated to 1166 by Roosval [cf. infra for challenged dating]. The basin, however, is dated to the 14th century and a product of the "Fröjelgruppen" [=Fröjel group"] of works exported from Gotland to Scania, the current Danish territory, and other northen destinations (Germany, Estonia, etc.); it is a polygonal basin, its eight (?) sides divided by nail-head bands and ornamented with fabulous animals. A plain flat wooden lid covers the basin. The basin is described and illustrated also in Kjellin (1925). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910504F1] agrees with the SK attribution [cf. supra]: "åttasidig cuppa ur Fröjelgruppen medan foten ursprungligen tillhört en Byzantiosfunt från 1100-talets andra hälft ". On-site notes: in our opinion Roosval's dating of the base is too early, as are most of his datings of the Byzantios' works; the basin has a nail-head edging around the bowl and also strange-looking creatures; the base by Byzantios is typical of his workshop; the basin, however, is not; there is a removable metal (copper?) lining mounted on a wooden frame that is inserted into the stone basin; it has no drain, and there is no draing hole in the stone basin either; there is an open section in the centre-ring section of the base that may have been used as part of the drainage system of the earlier basin. The font's northeast and north sides are very difficult to access, as the font is located against the north side of the chancel arch and the northeast side is almost flush against the west end of the choirstalls. The fanciful animals carved on the basin sides are done in pairs, facing each other; some have horns, some do not; some have elaborate tongues sticking out, others do not; they may represent real animals, perhaps lions, horses and mountain goats of some sort, given the long horns on the horned ones; their tails resemble acanthus plants. [NB: church visited again 23 May 2018]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.335625, 18.189819

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 20′ 8.25″ N, 18° 11′ 23.35″ E

UTM: 34V 330856 6358240

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (base only ) - limestone (basin only)

Number of Pieces: two [+modern plinth]

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

Rim Thickness: 8.5-11.5 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 55-57 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 74-79 cm* / 74 cm**

Basin Depth: 21-23 cm*

Basin Total Height: 37-40 cm* [includes square lower base]

Height of Base: 47 cm*

Height of Central Column: 30-31 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 87 cm* / 68 cm**

Font Height (with Plinth): 101 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910504F1]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: flat and plain wooden lid present in 1997

REFERENCES

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

Kjellin, Helge, En gotländsk fabeljursfunt på Ösel och en gammal handelsväg Österut, Stockholm: Särtryck ur Konsthistoriska Sällskapets Publikation (A.B. Sveriges Litografiska Tryckerier), 1925

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

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