Guldrupe

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Results: 53 records

B01: Old Testament - the time of Samson - the book of Judges - Samson - fighting a lion - riding the lion

Scene Description: on the east side of the basin -- a man riding [fighting?] a lion.

B02: New Testament - Passion of Christ - entry into Jerusalem

Scene Description: on the northeast side of the basin -- a haloed figure riding a quadruped between two acanthus trees. This is interpreted as Christ's triumphal entrance into Jerusalem in Sveriges kyrkor [cf. FontNotes]

B02: New Testament - Passion of Christ - entry into Jerusalem - detail

Scene Description: on the northeast side of the basin -- a haloed figure riding a quadruped between two acanthus trees. This is interpreted as Christ's triumphal entrance into Jerusalem in Sveriges kyrkor [cf. FontNotes]

B03: animal - fabulous animal or monster - aspis - rider

Scene Description: on the north side of the basin -- a human riding or fighting a aspis - facing left.

B04: animal - mammal - lion - passant-gardant

Scene Description: on the northwest side of the basin -- nbody facing right

B05: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation to Zacharias

Scene Description: on the west side of the basin -- two haloed figures standing to the left of an altar with a cross on it

B05: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation to Zacharias - detail

Scene Description: on the west side of the basin -- two haloed figures standing to the left of an altar with a cross on it -- the haloed figures

B05: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation to Zacharias - detail

Scene Description: on the west side of the basin -- two haloed figures standing to the left of an altar with a cross on it -- the altar

B06: animal - bird - peacock - 2 - facing each other

Scene Description: on the southwest side of the basin -- two birds facing each other - peacocks in profile?

B07: Old Testament - the time of Samson - the book of Judges - Samson - fighting a lion - riding the lion

Scene Description: on the south side of the basin -- facing the right, Samson fighting the lion.

B08: human figure - male - archer

Scene Description: on the southeast side of basin -- caped archer holding bow and arrow; facing the right.

LBH01: human figure - male - head - long hair

Scene Description: on the northeast angle of the base

LBH01: human figure - male - head - long hair

Scene Description: left side view, showing the damage to the face

LBH02: animal - mammal - lion? - head

Scene Description: on the northwest angle of the base -- tentative identification

LBH02: animal - mammal - lion? - head

Scene Description: on the northwest angle of the base; left-side view -- tentative identification

LBH03: animal - mammal - lion? - head

Scene Description: on the southwest angle of the base; right-side view -- tentative identification

LBH04: animal - mammal - ram - head

Scene Description: on the southeast angle of the base; right-side view -- tentative identification

LBS01: symbol - cross - Greek - Maltese - in a circle

Scene Description: on the north side of the base -- tentative identification

LBS02: unidentified

Scene Description: on the west side of the base -- the former motif is now completely eroded

LBS03: symbol - cross - Greek - Maltese - in a circle

Scene Description: on the south side of the base -- tentative identification

LBS04: unidentified

Scene Description: on the east side of the base -- there appears to have been an interlace, but it is much eroded now

design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: it may have been decorated originally -- the large quadrangular hole is the drain

information

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information

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

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information

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view of base - east side

view of base - north side

view of base - northeast side

Scene Description: the human head on the left; centre and right appears to be lion heads

view of base - northwest side

Scene Description: ram head on the right; centre and left appear to be lions -- notice the large drain hole carved in the centre ring

view of base - south side

view of base - west side

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "två gestalter framför altare med kors"

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view of basin - detail

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view of basin - detail

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view of basin - east and northeast sides

view of basin - interior

view of basin - northeast and north sides

view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - gate

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - east end

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view of church exterior - north porch

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view of church exterior - northeast view

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of church exterior - southeast end

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view of church exterior - southeast portal

Scene Description: opening into the chancel

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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

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view of church exterior - southwest portal

Scene Description: opening into the nave

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view of church exterior - west portal

Scene Description: opening into the tower

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view of font

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view of font - east and northeast sides

view of font - north, northwest and west sides

view of font - northeast and north sides

view of font - south and southwest sides

view of font - west and southwest sides

INFORMATION

FontID: 00021GUL
Church/Chapel: Guldrupe kyrka
Church Location: Guldrupe kyrka, Romakloster, 622 34, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Gotland, Gotllands län
Directions to Site: Located off (E) county road 142, about 25 km ESE of Visby, in the centre of the island
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift - Vänge församling
Historical Region: Gotlands norra härad, Halla ting, Gotlands län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, beneath the tower
Date: ca. 1150?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Byzantios
Church Notes: only two wood planks from the original stave church remain in the Visby museum; present stone church late-12thC re-building with a small tower; re-built early-13thC with new tower; much modified since; restored 1964-1965 -- The Church is small, single nave, with little ornamentation. The 17th-century pulpit was bought from Vänge church in 1776
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (1925- ) as an octagonal mounted sandstone baptismal font; identified as being by Byzantios and dated to the mid-12th century by Roosval; the base is a round pedestal ornamented with four protrudings heads identified as a ram's head, a human head, and two lion heads. The basin has an arcade of round arches resting on the typical Byzantios low columns; the round arches contain: "peacocks facing each other", "Samson overcoming the lion", "running bowman", "variation of Samson overcoming the lion", "the Entry into Jerusalem", "mythical beast -an aspic [i.e., aspis]- running off with a man", "lion" and "the Annunciation of Zacharias" (ibid.) Described also in Roosval (1918), Nordström (1984) and Stenström (1975). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910811F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century by Byzantios; some ater paint remains on it. On-site notes: the font is very worn but many of the iconographic details on the basin are still readable; the motifs between the protruding heads of the base are however no longer discernible; the side drain is rectangular; a large round modern plinth is now under the font. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.430331, 18.426597
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 25′ 49.19″ N, 18° 25′ 35.75″ E
UTM: 34V 345502 6368215

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two (plus plinth)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: Square hole cut in the side of lower bowl and upper base -- no lining
Rim Thickness: 7-8 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 53.5-54 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 69-73 cm* / 70 cm**
Basin Depth: 26 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 26-28 cm*
Basin Total Height: 44-45 cm*
Height of Base: 33-34 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 78 cm* / **
Font Height (with Plinth): 95 cm* [includes modern plinth of 17 cm height]
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910811F2]

REFERENCES

Fåhraeus, Fredrik, "Dopfuntarna, deras tillbehör och placering på Gotland under medeltiden. En inventering.", Stockholm, 1974
Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990
Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984
Stenström, Tore, "Problem rörande Gotlands medeltida dopfuntar", Umeå, 1975
Tuulse, Armin, Romansk konst i Norden, Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1968