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Results: 124 records

B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation

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B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation - Mary seated on throne - Grabriel approaches from right

Scene Description: on the south side of the font; Gabriel approaches the seated Mary from her right - they are both reading a scroll which extends across Mary's lap. The absence of a divine source in the Semi-Byzantios composition can be accounted for by the emphasis on the dialogue, the manner in which Gabriel holds an unrolled scroll before the Virgin Mary.

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - the three Wise Men are warned in a dream by an angel not to return to Herod

Scene Description: on the southeast side of the font; Three haloed magi in one bed; angel appears from a cloud above them.

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

B01-02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation - Visitation

Scene Description: southwest and south sides

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

B01-02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation - Visitation

Scene Description: Visitation and Annunciation

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910822F3] [accessed 8 April 2021]

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B01-02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation - Visitation

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2023 by BSI

B01-07: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation - Dream of the Magi

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B01-07: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation - Dream of the Magi - column and capital detail

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B02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Visitation

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B02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Visitation - embracing - flanked by two towers

Scene Description: on the southwest side of the font; Elizabeth and the Virgin Mary stand in a close embrace on a raised platform of stone which is flanked on either side by a tower. The towers have two-mullioned windows with round arches. The conical roofs have round finials.

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

B02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Visitation - two towers

Scene Description: one of the two towers in the Visitation scene

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

B03: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity

Scene Description: Nativity

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B03: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity

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B03: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity - Madonna lies in a ship like bed

Scene Description: on the west side of the font; There is no Joseph in this scene. The infant is wrapped in swaddling on a manger with an ass to the right and ox to the left. The star appears between the horns, centred in the composition. The Virgin Mary lies in a boat-shaped bed.

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

B04: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Joseph - Second Dream

Scene Description: Annunciation

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B04: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Joseph - Second Dream

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B04: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Joseph - Second Dream - detail

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B04: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - angel appearing to Joseph in a second dream before the Flight to Egypt - Joseph's Second Dream

Scene Description: on the northwest side of the font; Joseph sits to the far right reading a scroll handed to him by the standing angel on the left. Both figures are haloed. The top layer of paint on Joseph's face has been painted incorrectly to make the face appear female. Careful examination of the carving reveals it is a male, a representation of Joseph's second dream before the Flight to Egypt.

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

B05: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Flight to Egypt

Scene Description: on the north side of the font; Virgin sits frontal on the horse with Child in arms. Her mantle is not draped around the Child. Joseph walks ahead with his staff and belongings. Joseph is bearded.

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B05: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Flight to Egypt

Scene Description: Flight to Egypt

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B06: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings

Scene Description: east to north sides

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

B06: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings

Scene Description: on the northeast side of the font; this scene is depicted in two arches.Under the first arch appears Madonna and Child with one Magus. Child's hand raised in gesture of benediction. The Magi are crowned.

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B06: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings

Scene Description: on the east side of the font; this scene is depicted in two arches.Under the first arch appears Madonna and Child with one Magus. Child's hand raised in gesture of benediction. The Magi are crowned.

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B06: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings

Scene Description: Adoration of the Magi

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B06: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings - detail

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2023 by BSI

B07: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Dream of the Magi

Scene Description: Dream of the Magi

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B07: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Dream of the Magi

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B07: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Dream of the Magi - detail

Scene Description: Dream of the Magi

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

B07: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Dream of the Magi - detail

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BU01: design element - patterns - scalloped

Scene Description: Scalloped pattern ornaments the underside of the basin

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: it may have had a carved pattern (rope? braid?) on it but it now appears plain

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

LBH01: animal - mammal - ram - bear - head

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LBH02: animal - mammal - lion - head

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LBH03: human figure - head - with long braids

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LBH04: animal - mammal - lion - head - with human prey in mouth

Scene Description: a smaller head in the jaws of the larger lion head; the repainting makes it difficult to ascertain whether the original prey was human or animal, although it does appear animal now

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

Cherub - spandrel - column and capital

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New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation - Dream of the Magi

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Flight to Egypt

Scene Description: Flight to Egypt, on the north side of the font

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - angel appearing to Joseph in a second dream before the Flight to Egypt - Joseph's Second

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angel in spandrel

Scene Description: one in each of the spandrels located to the left and right of the Visitation scene, on the south side of the basin

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

Scene Description: each of the eight columns is of a different design

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design element - architectural - column - columns with capitals and bases

Scene Description: located to the right of the Flight to Egypt scene; notice the complex decoration of the three parts of it, including the interlaced base

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design element - architectural - column - columns with capitals and bases

Scene Description: located to the left of the Nativity scene -- interlaced base

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

design element - architectural - column - columns with capitals and bases

Scene Description: located to the right of the Nativity scene; the capital is one of the characteristic lion-heads, and the stem of the column has palmettes; an angel in the spandrel

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design element - architectural - column - columns with capitals and bases

Scene Description: located to the left of the Dream of the Magi scene; lion-head capital and interlaced base

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design element - motifs - floral

Scene Description: repeated with slight variation in five of the spandrels of the basin arcade

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design element - motifs - interlace

Scene Description: in the spandrel to the left of the Nativity scene

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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view of basin - interior

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view of basin - upper view

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view of church exterior - lych-gate - interior

Scene Description: facing west, towards the main body of the church

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal

Scene Description: this is used as the regular entrance now and opens into the eastern side of the nave

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

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 - door - detail - metal door ring

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view of church exterior - southeast portal - door - detail - metal lock

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: The smallest object to the viewer is the lychgate, and is separate from the main body of the church, despite the trompe-l'oeuil effect here.

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2010 by Karl Brodowsky [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alskogs-kyrka-Gotland-total1.jpg] [accessed 6 September 2012]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest portal - capital - bird devouring eagle

Scene Description: capital on the left (west) side

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view of church exterior - southwest portal - capital - bird devouring eagle

Scene Description: capital on the left (west) side

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view of church exterior - southwest portal - capital - figure holding open book

Scene Description: capital on the right (east) side

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view of church exterior - southwest portal - capital - holy figure with open book flanked by lion and praying figur

Scene Description: capital on the right (east) side

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view of church exterior - southwest portal - capital - holy figure with open book flanked by lion and praying figure

Scene Description: capital on the right (east) side

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest portal - capital - praying figure

Scene Description: capital on the right (east) side

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view of church exterior - southwest portal - detail

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view of church exterior - southwest portal- capital - bird devouring eagle

Scene Description: capital on the left (west) side

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: the distance between the main body of the church and the lychgate can be perceived here -- the three portals can be seen in this image: the west tower portal, the southwest portal of the nave and the southeast portal of the nave, the main one used now for regular access

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Karl Brodowsky, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2010 by Karl Brodowsky [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alskogs-kyrka-Gotland-laanghus2.jpg] [accessed 6 September 2012]

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view of church exterior - west portal

Scene Description: there is plate-glass door here that permits a view of the base of the tower when the building is locked

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - Triumphal Cross - Rood - Christ

Scene Description: the west side

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - Triumphal Cross - Rood - backside

Scene Description: the east side

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view of church interior - chancel - northeast corner

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view of church interior - chancel - tabernacle - Annunciation - angels

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view of church interior - chancel - tabernacle - Virgin Mary - Annunciation - detail

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view of church interior - retable - Last Supper

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Scene Description: between northwest and west

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00032ALS
Church/Chapel: Alskogs Kyrka
Church Location: 144, Alskog, 623 64 Ljugarn, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Gotland, Gotllands län
Directions to Site: Located off road 144, on the SE side of the island, about 40 km ESE of Visby
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift
Historical Region: Garde ting, Gotlands län
Font Location in Church: Under the arch leading into the western tower.This area is raised by 2 steps.
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Semi-Byzantios
Cognate Fonts: Hamra, Jumkil, Linde, Tofta
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 2: 215-221) as a sandstone cylindrical mounted baptismal font ornamented with scenes from the childhood of Christ, raised on a conical pedestal base. The font has been attributed to the Semi-Byzantios workshop and dated to the end of the 12th century by Roosval. In Stenström (1975). In Svannerg (1995). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910822F3] as a baptismal font made of sandstone by Semi-Byzantios in the second half of the 12th century. The basin sides are ornamented with an arcade of round arches resting on low columns; some of these columns have monster/lion head capitals, while the spandrels contain foliage motifs, angels, snakes, etc. ; the scenes contained in these arches are [unusually R-->L]: 1)Flight to Egypt: Joseph on foot, Mary and the Child on horseback, all three haloed and moving towards the left; 2)Dream of Joseph (Matthew II:13): an angel, winged and haloed, stands on the right holding the left end of a long scroll, while Joseph, haloed and seated, on the right, has the other end of the scroll over his knees and points his finger to the angel; 3)Nativity: in the forefront, Mary lies in bed, her haloed head to the left; in the background, at the centre, the cradle with the Child, haloed head to the left; above and behind it, to the left, the ox, the star of Bethlehem between its horns; to the right, the mule; 4)Visitation: the two haloed female figures embrace in the centre, standing on a building, with towers rising to the level of their heads on either side; 5)Annunciation: an acanthus plant/tree on the left; Mary, haloed, in the centre, facing right towards Gabriel; Gabriel, also haloed, stands on the right facing left towards Mary, both wearing rich mantles; 6) Dream of the Magi: the three Magi, haloed heads on the right side, lie in bed, covered by a spread the folds of which reach the ground; above, in the round of the arch, striated forms represent the clouds out of which a haloed angel appears pointing its hand towards the heads of the Magi; 7-8)Adoration of the Magi over two arches; the first arch contains two crowned -but not haloed- Magi carrying gifts and walking towards the right; the second arch has the remaining Magi -crowned but not haloed- kneeling by the Madonna and Child -both haloed- on the left, offering his gift. The underbowl has a scalloped pattern all around. The conical pedestal base has four protruding heads at 90-degree angles; three of them are animal: a lion, another lion (?) with prey in its jaws, a goat or ram; the fourth head has long plaited hair and could be either male or female, the repainting not helping much in the identification. The lower part of the base consists of two plain cylindrical volumes. On-site notes: this font is in excellent condition. The pictorial program was sequentially carved from the "right to the left". The assigned sequence in BSI reflects a "left to right" reading. Nordström (1984) identifies two Annunciation scenes, probably referring to the Annunciation proper and to the Dream of Joseph. Many areas of the font are still coloured. The repainting has changed some of the images. The underside of the font is decorated with a scalloped motif. A modern two-stepped plinth raises the original base.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.3315, 18.627167
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 19′ 53.4″ N, 18° 37′ 37.8″ E
UTM: 34V 357157 6356778

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two (plus two lower volumes)
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted) -- chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: Central - no variation evident -- no lining
Rim Thickness: 7.5-9 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 60-61 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 76-77 cm* / **
Basin Depth: 35-36 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 29 cm*
Basin Total Height: 48-49 cm*
Height of Base: 30-33 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 79 cm* / 81 cm**
Font Height (with Plinth): 100-101 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site [NB: measurements are a composite of several takings by BSI] / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910822F3]

LID INFORMATION

Apparatus: no

REFERENCES

Fåhraeus, Fredrik, "Dopfuntarna, deras tillbehör och placering på Gotland under medeltiden. En inventering.", Stockholm, 1974
Karlsson, Lennart, "Tradition och förnyelse", 1985
Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990
Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941
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
Rydbeck, Monica, Skånes stenmästare före 1200, 1936
Sigurjónsdóttir, Svava, "Semi-Bysantios dopfuntar: en tolkning grundad på ikonografisk och stilistik analys", Stockholm, 1990
Sonne de Torrens, Harriet Margrethe, "De Fontibus Salvatoris: A Litrugical and Ecclesiological Reading of the Representation of the Childhood of Christ on the Medieval Fonts from Scandinavia", Copenhagen, 2003
Stenström, Tore, "Problem rörande Gotlands medeltida dopfuntar", Umeå, 1975
Tuulse, Armin, Romansk konst i Norden, Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1968