Vamlingbo / Vamlingbo kyrkby
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Results: 142 records
B01: symbol - tree - Tree of life
![on the east side of the basin [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113079_compressed.png)
Scene Description: on the east side of the basin [orientation is approximate]
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B02: animal - fabulous animal or monster - griffin - passant
![on the northeast side of the basin [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113080_compressed.png)
Scene Description: on the northeast side of the basin [orientation is approximate]
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B03: animal - mammal - lion - passant-gardant
![to the left; not winged; could be rampant -- on the north side of the basin [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113081_compressed.png)
Scene Description: to the left; not winged; could be rampant -- on the north side of the basin [orientation is approximate]
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B04: animal - mammal - stag - passant-regardant - eating snake
![to the right; the snake decorated like an acanthus plant -- on the northwest side of the basin [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113082_compressed.png)
Scene Description: to the right; the snake decorated like an acanthus plant -- on the northwest side of the basin [orientation is approximate]
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B05: Christ - Agnus Dei - passant - with cross and banner - cross-haloed - detail
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B05: Christ - Agnus Dei - passant - with cross and banner - cross-haloed
![to the right; Lamb of God. Holding a cross with flag attached.-- on the west side of the basin [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113083_compressed.png)
Scene Description: to the right; Lamb of God. Holding a cross with flag attached.-- on the west side of the basin [orientation is approximate]
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B06: animal - fabulous animal or monster - sphinx - winged - male - bearded - passant-gardant
![to the right; Sphinx. Bearded Man with eastern pointed beard and curved down moustache -- on the southwest side of the basin [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113085_compressed.png)
Scene Description: to the right; Sphinx. Bearded Man with eastern pointed beard and curved down moustache -- on the southwest side of the basin [orientation is approximate]
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B07: animal - bird - eating acanthus branch?
![a long-necked bird is eating acanthus branch or a snake with acanthus-like body, as in side 4 (stag and snake) - the composition harks back at the historiated initials or marginal text ornamentation in manuscripts -- on the south side of the basin [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113086_compressed.png)
Scene Description: a long-necked bird is eating acanthus branch or a snake with acanthus-like body, as in side 4 (stag and snake) - the composition harks back at the historiated initials or marginal text ornamentation in manuscripts -- on the south side of the basin [orientation is approximate]
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B08: animal - bird - crane or swan - drinking from chalice
![Long necked bird (crane? swan?) drinking from a chalice -- on the southeast side of the basin [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113087_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Long necked bird (crane? swan?) drinking from a chalice -- on the southeast side of the basin [orientation is approximate]
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LBH01: animal - mammal - lion - head
![right-side view -- on the east side of the base [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113092_compressed.png)
Scene Description: right-side view -- on the east side of the base [orientation is approximate]
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LBH01: animal - mammal - lion - head
![on the east side of the base [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113091_compressed.png)
Scene Description: on the east side of the base [orientation is approximate]
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LBH02: human figure - head - long-haired
![left-side view -- on the north side of the base [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113095_compressed.png)
Scene Description: left-side view -- on the north side of the base [orientation is approximate]
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LBH02: human figure - head - long-haired
![right-side view -- on the north side of the base [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113094_compressed.png)
Scene Description: right-side view -- on the north side of the base [orientation is approximate]
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LBH02: human figure - head - long-haired
![on the north side of the base [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113093_compressed.png)
Scene Description: on the north side of the base [orientation is approximate]
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LBH03: animal - mammal - ram
![left-side view -- on the west side of the base [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113098_compressed.png)
Scene Description: left-side view -- on the west side of the base [orientation is approximate]
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LBH03: animal - mammal - ram
![right-side view -- on the west side of the base [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113097_compressed.png)
Scene Description: right-side view -- on the west side of the base [orientation is approximate]
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LBH03: animal - mammal - ram
![on the west side of the base [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113096_compressed.png)
Scene Description: on the west side of the base [orientation is approximate]
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LBH04: animal - head - unidentified
![a bear? -- on the south side of the base [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113099_compressed.png)
Scene Description: a bear? -- on the south side of the base [orientation is approximate]
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view of font - northwest side
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view of font - north 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 - east 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
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view of font - sides 6, 7, 8
![south side of the font [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113078_compressed.png)
Scene Description: south side of the font [orientation is approximate]
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view of font - sides 5, 6, 7
![southwest side of the font [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113077_compressed.png)
Scene Description: southwest side of the font [orientation is approximate]
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view of font - sides 4, 5, 6
![west side of the font [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113076_compressed.png)
Scene Description: west side of the font [orientation is approximate]
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view of font - sides 3, 4, 5
![northwest side of the font [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113075_compressed.png)
Scene Description: northwest side of the font [orientation is approximate]
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view of font - sides 2, 3, 4
![north side of the font [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113074_compressed.png)
Scene Description: north side of the font [orientation is approximate]
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view of font - sides 1, 2, 3
![northeast side of the font [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113073_compressed.png)
Scene Description: northeast side of the font [orientation is approximate]
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view of font - sides 8, 1, 2
![east side of the font [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130113072_compressed.png)
Scene Description: east side of the font [orientation is approximate]
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view of basin - southeast side
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view of basin - south side
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view of basin - west side
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view of basin - interior
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - detail
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns with capitals and bases - 8
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage - 8
Scene Description: the characteristic motif repeated in the fonts of the Byzantios workshop
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view of basin - interior - detail
Scene Description: carving pattern on the inside of the basin
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view of basin - interior
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
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view of church exterior - south view - detail
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view of church exterior - southeast end
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view of church exterior - north side - buttress
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
![Source caption: "Vamlingbo [...] Kyrkomiljö."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1210429022_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Vamlingbo [...] Kyrkomiljö."
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Image Source: digital image [dbg20161] of a 20 July 1996 photograph by Jan Norrman / Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vamlingbo_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000300024416.jpg] [accessed 29 April 2021]
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view of church exterior - southwest portal - door - detail
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
Scene Description: a beautiful acanthus vine bearing the arum fruit, rendered in the best of Byzantios' style
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
Scene Description: to the right of the dragons are two frames with Byzantios characteristic themes: inside a round arch is a fabulous beast, passant-regardant, with an acanthus plant on the right; to the right of it the Lamb of God, passant to the left, holding the cross in the characteristic pose, another Byzantios theme
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
Scene Description: one of the two dragons
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
Scene Description: to the right of the Apostles, two dragons, passant-regardant, with beautifully interlaced bodies, converge at a fleur de lis
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
Scene Description: Apostles? right of the Majestas Domini -- notice the characteristic motifs used bt Byzantios in the spandrels of his fonts and repeated here
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
Scene Description: Apostles? right of the Majestas Domini -- notice the characteristic motifs used bt Byzantios in the spandrels of his fonts and repeated here
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
Scene Description: Apostles? right of the Majestas Domini -- notice the characteristic motifs used bt Byzantios in the spandrels of his fonts and repeated here
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
Scene Description: Majestas Domini
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
Scene Description: Majestas Domini
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
Scene Description: Apostles? left of the Majestas Domini -- notice the characteristic motifs used bt Byzantios in the spandrels of his fonts and repeated here
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
Scene Description: Apostles? left of the Majestas Domini -- notice the characteristic motifs used bt Byzantios in the spandrels of his fonts and repeated here
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
Scene Description: Apostles? left of the Majestas Domini -- notice the characteristic motifs used bt Byzantios in the spandrels of his fonts and repeated here
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
Scene Description: westernmost part of the frieze, left of the Majestas Domini -- Apostles?
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze - detail
Scene Description: at the centre of the frieze, the Majestas Domini
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze
Scene Description: said to be made up of remains from the 12th-century church here, the frieze belongs to the Byzantios workshop and has many of the characteristics found on the baptismal fonts of the same workshop
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view of church exterior - south view - frieze
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view of church exterior - west tower - buttress - detail
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view of church exterior - west tower - buttress - detail
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view of church exterior - west tower - buttress
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view of church exterior - west tower
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![Source caption: "Vamlingbo kyrka [...] Kyrkan från nordväst."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210429023_compressed.png)
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Scene Description: on the wall above the choir: St. Christopher crossing a very busy river populated by fish, sirens, etc.
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00029VAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1997-05-19; 2012-08-17
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Byzantios [SHM et al.]
Church / Chapel Name: Vamlingbo kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, centre aisle
Church Notes: present church dates from the 13thC, but it likely replaced an earlier church of the 12thC here, an perhaps an earlier wooden church
Church Address: Vamlingbo 0498 623 31 Burgsvik, Sweden -- Tel.: Phone: +46 498 48 10 25
Site Location: Gotland, Gotlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road I500, on the S tip of the island, 10 km SSW of Burgsvik, 30 km S of Hemse
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift -- Hoburgs församling
Historical Region: Gotlands södra härad, Hoburgs ting, Gotlands län
Additional Comments: Remarkable frieze by Byzantios on the exterior south wall of the church -- carving and themes identical to the ones used in the fonts of this workshop. -- On the font: Four Heads. One Beast with Tongue protruding, followed by a lion with neat hair, then a man with hair hanging out to the sides and lastly a ram. Just above the Man is a figure of the lion on the bowl. Above the neat lion is the acanthus shrub, ram is beneath a depiction of the Lamb of God with the Christian Flag (Christ), the beast is beneath the upper depiction of winged bird eating an acanthus shrub.
Font Notes:
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In Fåhraeus (1974), Roosval (1918) and Stenström (1975). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910820F1] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century by Byzantios. On-site notes: the font has a round concrete plinth added at the bottom. Evidence of anchorings, a metal bolt inserted in the side of the sphinx, but no cover present. [cf. Image section for full iconographic program].
COORDINATES
UTM: 34V 331638 6317424
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 56.969681, 18.230328
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 56° 58′ 10.85″ N, 18° 13′ 49.18″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin & base
Drainage Notes: The central hole was blocked by large cylindrical shaped stone sitting in the middle of the upper bowl. Too heavy to move. This must today hold the baptismal basin used (usually brass).
Rim Thickness: 8.8-9.5 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 59-59.5 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 77.5-78 cm* / 78 cm*
Basin Depth: 31-33 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 38.5-40 cm*
Basin Total Height: 49.8-51 cm*
Height of Base: 51 cm*
Height of Central Column: 32 cm*
Basin Upper Panel Dimensions: 28 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 78 - 82 cm* / 78 cm**
Font Height (with Plinth): 101-102 cm* [+18 cm for the modern plinth]
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910820F1]
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Fåhraeus, Fredrik, "Dopfuntarna, deras tillbehör och placering på Gotland under medeltiden. En inventering.", Stockholm, 1974, 36, 40, 51, 64, 137
- Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984, p. 28, 31, 63, 138, Fig. 14
- 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, p. 100, Taf. XXV
- Roosval, Johnny, Medeltida kunst i Gotlands fornsal, Stockholm: A.-B. Gunnar Tisells tekniska förlag, 1925, p. 12
- Stenström, Tore, "Problem rörande Gotlands medeltida dopfuntar", Umeå, 1975, p. 24ff
- Svanberg, Jan, "Kampen mellan ont och gott på dopfunten I Hög", 1 (1980), ICO – Iconographisk Post. Nordisk tidskrift för bildtolkning – Nordic Review of Iconography, 1980, pp. 16-30, 14 fig. English summary; p. 26
- Tuulse, Armin, Romansk konst i Norden, Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1968, p. 86