Hejde

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Results: 94 records

B01: animal - bird - peacock - holding acanthus branch in beak

Scene Description: on the east side of the basin [orientation is approximate] -- A peacock passant, facing left; an acanthus branch hangs from its beak; anther, smaller, branch behind its head, though it may be part of its crest

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

B02: human figure - warrior - with shield and sword - fighting - 2

Scene Description: on the northeast side of the basin [orientation is approximate] -- Two armed figures engaged in battle with each other; hold round shields and long swords. The figure on the left is right-handed; the one on the right is left-handed

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

B03: Old Testament - the time of Samson - the book of Judges - Samson - fighting a lion

Scene Description: on the north side of the basin [orientation is approximate] -- a human figure rides a lion passant towards the right; the figure [Samson?] holds the lion by the neck

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

B04: human figure - male - Spinario - seated - nude

Scene Description: on the northwest side of the basin [orientation is approximate] -- the Thorn Extractor [aka Thorn-puller / Spinario], sits on a rock on the right of the scene, facing left. A woman stands to the left, dressed in long gown, tight waist, long sleeves at the cuff; she wears a head piece of some sort. It is difficult to ascertain which way her face is turned, but her feet point left, away from Spinario. Unfortunately this is a most damaged side and is therefore not possible to discern all the details of the scene.

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B04: human figure - male - Spinario - seated - nude - detail

Scene Description: the female figure to the left of Spinario

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B04: human figure - male - Spinario - seated - nude - detail

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B04: human figure - male - Spinario - seated - nude - detail

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B04: human figure - male - Spinario - seated - nude - detail

Scene Description: the lower part of Spinario's body; there appears to be no sign of the obvious falic component that often appears on this scene -- the carved surface is much eroded and damaged

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B05: unidentified - damaged

Scene Description: on the west side of the basin [orientation is approximate] -- this side is now too close to the tower arch pillar for access; it may be damaged as well

B06: animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - passant-regardant - holding its tail

Scene Description: on the southwest side of the basin [orientation is approximate] -- a Centaur holding its tail passant towards the right, head turned back to the left. The tail, held in its right hand, resembles and acanthus branch; the left hand with an open palm to wards the front, in front of the arch

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

B06: animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - passant-regardant - holding its tail

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B06: animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - passant-regardant - holding its tail

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B07: angel - giving benediction sign

Scene Description: on the south side of the basin [orientation is approximate] -- a haloed angel stands full front, wings open, right hand raised in benediction gesture; the left hand also in the benediction gesture is across its lower chest.

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

B08: animal - fabulous animal or monster - aspis - rider

Scene Description: on the southeast side of the font [orientation is approximate] -- a human figure riding a fabulous beast passant, towards the right; the beast is not an aspis proper, having an ambiguous head [perhaps a reptile's?], an avian body (wings and two legs), and a double-coiled dragon's tail. Possible two fabulous beasts of somewhat similar form, beside the aspis: jaculus and scitalis. On oher Byzantios' fonts the rider usually mounts a beast closer in form to an aspis

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B08: animal - fabulous animal or monster - aspis - rider - detail

Scene Description: the ambiguous head of the beast

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B08: animal - fabulous animal or monster - aspis - rider - detail

Scene Description: the coiled tail

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LBH01: animal - mammal - lion - head

Scene Description: on the southwest angle of the base [orientation is approximate] -- identification is tentative, as the head has a certain simian character

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

LBH02: animal - mammal - lion - head

Scene Description: on the southeast side of the base [orientation is approximate] -- left side view; identification is tentative, as this head has a certain simian character as well

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LBH02: animal - mammal - lion - head

Scene Description: on the southeast side of the base [orientation is approximate] -- right side view; identification is tentative, as this head has a certain simian character as well

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LBH03: human figure - male - head - long hair

Scene Description: on the northeast side of the base [orientation is approximate] -- left side view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

LBH03: human figure - male - head - long hair

Scene Description: on the northeast side of the base [orientation is approximate] --frontal view

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LBH04: animal - mammal - ram - head

Scene Description: on the northwest side of the base [orientation is approximate] -- the end of the snouth and mouth is broken off

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LBH04: animal - mammal - ram - head

Scene Description: on the northwest side of the base [orientation is approximate] -- left side view

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

Scene Description: the columns are mere stumps, the bases plain rectangles, and the capitals significant by comparison to the other elements

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design element - motifs - floral or foliage - 8

Scene Description: all the spandrels on this font have the common motif with a rounded club-like centre and irregular triangular leaves or wings, typical of the Byzantios workshop

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: this image shows clearly the displacement of the installation of the basin with resteect to the base [cf. FontNotes]. The two cuts would originally been aligned but are now way off true

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information

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Image Source: digital image of field-notes taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

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Image Source: digital image of field-notes taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

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view of base - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "kvinnohuvud"

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910504F2] [accessed 19 April 2021]

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view of base - east side

Scene Description: [orientation is approximate]

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view of base - northeast side

Scene Description: showing the north side, on the left, and a partial view of the west side [NB: the west side is against the tower arch pillar and cannot be viewd properly at present

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

view of base - south side

Scene Description: [orientation is approximate]

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hejde kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, från 1100-talets mitt. Detalj."

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Image Source: digital image [494-106.TIF] of a 1938 B&W photograph by Alfred Edle, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hejde_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200021291.jpg] [accessed 19 April 2021]

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "kentaur / ängel"

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "fåglel / soldater med svärd och sköld"

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Simson och lejonet / törnutdragaren"

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view of basin - east side

Scene Description: [orientation is approximate]

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: notice the large damage [and repair] to the basin affecting the northwest and west sides

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: the damage to the basin affecting the west and nortwest sides; the hole in the nottom of the basin, probably a flaw in the stone

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view of basin - interior - detail

Scene Description: the central round hole is the drain; the elongated hole next to it, to the right, appears to be a flaw of the stone

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view of basin - north side

Scene Description: [orientation is approximate]

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view of basin - northeast side

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view of basin - northwest side

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view of basin - south side

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view of basin - southeast side

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view of basin - southwest side

Scene Description: [orientation is approximate]

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view of basin - underbowl

Scene Description: there may have been painted motifs on it at one time

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view of basin - underbowl - detail

Scene Description: showing 1)the damage and repair, and 2)the plain unpainted surface of most of this side of the underbowl

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - gate - detail

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view of church exterior - southeast portal

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view of church exterior - southeast portal

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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

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view of church exterior - southeast portal - east side - detail

Scene Description: much damaged

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view of church exterior - southeast portal - west side - detail

Scene Description: much damaged; only a dragon is now visible

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: in the context of the churchyard

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hajde kyrka [...] Kyrkan från nordväst."

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Image Source: digital image [494-7.TIF] of a 1914 B&W photograph by Einar Erici, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hejde_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200021075.jpg] [accessed 19 April 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - south view

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Image Source: digital image [dbg20215] of a 1956 photograph by Jan Norman in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hejde_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000300024436.jpg] [accessed 19 April 2021]

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view of church interior - altar and retable

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view of church interior - altar and retable

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view of church interior - baptismal dish

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hejde kyrka [...] Dopkärl"

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Image Source: digital image [494-104.TIF] of a 1938 B&W photograph by Alfred Edle, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hejde_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200021289.jpg] [accessed 19 April 2021]

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view of church interior - chancel

Scene Description: with the organ on the left; the pulpit on the right is in the nave

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view of church interior - chancel - ceiling - painting

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view of church interior - chancel - ceiling - painting - detail

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view of church interior - chancel arch and east side

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view of church interior - pulpit

Scene Description: 18th-century

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view of church interior - retable

Scene Description: made from Burgsvik sandstone in 1684

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view of church interior - retable - detail

Scene Description: the date and the donors recorded

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view of church interior - tombstone - detail

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view of church interior - tombstone - detail

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view of church interior - tombstone - detail

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hejde kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, från 1100-talets mitt."

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hejde kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, från 1100-talets mitt."

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Image Source: digital image [494-99.TIF] of a 1908 B&W photograph by J. W. Hamner, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hejde_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200021285.jpg] [accessed 19 April 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hejde kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, från 1100-talets mitt."

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hejde kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, från 1100-talets mitt."

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hejde kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, från 1100-talets mitt."

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hejde kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, från 1100-talets mitt."

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hejde kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, från 1100-talets mitt."

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "aspisryttare"

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 2 June 1997 by BSI

view of font - east side

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view of font - north side

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view of font - northeast side

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view of font - northwest side

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view of font - south side

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view of font - southeast side

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view of font - southwest side

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hejde kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, från 1100-talets mitt."

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view of font and cover - east side

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view of font and cover in context - south side

Scene Description: the font is now set close against the pillar of the tower arch, thus impeding view of the west side of the basin

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view of font cover - east side

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00023HEJ
Church/Chapel: Hejde kyrka
Church Location: Hejde kyrkby, 623 75 Klintehamn, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 498 24 00 05
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Gotland, Gotllands län
Directions to Site: Located off (N) local road I563, W of county road 142, 8 km ENE of Klinteham, 17-18 km S of Visby
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift -- Hejde församling
Historical Region: Gotlands södra härad, Hejde ting, Gotlands län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, just next to the double arch dividing the entrance into the western tower; against the E side of the pillar
Date: ca. 1150?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Byzantios
Church Notes: The church has a single-aisled nave; square apse with one window divided into three sub-windows with stained glass windows. It has an irregular south portal next to the apse.
In Roosval (1918). Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. III: 265-266, 268) as a sandstone octagonal mounted baptismal font attributed to the Byzantios workshop and dated to the mid-12th century by Roosval. The two upper blocks, basin and upper base, are sandstone, the lower piece, plinth, is limestone. Basin sides ornamented with the typical Byzantios' arcade of low colums; scenes include angel, centaur, Spinario, etc. Chamfered underbowl, also octagonal. Usual four heads on the stem of the base, at 90-degree angles. Cylindrical lower base/plinth. The photograph in SK (ibid., pl. 303 on p. 268) shows a wooden lid on the font, with cake-like centre part and spindle-shaped finial. In Stenström (1975). Nordström (1984) notes that there is a 13th-century wooden lid preserved from this font. In Svanberg (1995). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910504F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century by Byzantions, with paint remains on it; the base is identified as a later part. On-site notes: the font is in good condition with traces of paint, but the lower base has been cut to fit it against the pillar of the tower arch, obviously not its original position; this obscures the view of the west side of the basin; [NB: careful examination of the nrthwest side of the font and its base where the two parts meet shoes that the mounting of the font, as it stands now [1997 and 2012], is incorrect; the cut in the underbowl for the side drain shows a significant displacement from the matched cut in the centre ring of the base. As it is, the cut in the underbowl faces northwest, whereas the cut in the base faces west]; the lower base is also dug into the flooring. The font cover is similar to the one at Väte, also on Gotland.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.412778, 18.346056
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 24′ 46″ N, 18° 20′ 45.8″ E
UTM: 34V 340592 6366448

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (limestone plinth)
Number of Pieces: three (including limestone plinth)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: There is a centre hole in the bowl, with additional side drainage cut behind the font (lower part of bowl and part of the ring has been cut into a square shape.
Rim Thickness: 8-10 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 58-60 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 75-77 cm* / 76 cm**
Basin Depth: 27-28 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 30 cm*
Basin Total Height: 50 cm*
Height of Base: 36 cm*
Height of Central Column: 35-36 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 85-86 cm* / 84 cm**
Font Height (with Plinth): 105-106 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site [NB: Fåhraeus (1974) measurements vary slightly] / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910504F2]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 13th century? [Nordström]
Material: wood,
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

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