Masterby / Mästerby
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Results: 106 records
B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity
Scene Description: Haloed Mary lies horizontally. Joseph seated on the right, his left hand rests on his lap; haloed head rests on his right hand. The Child lies on a manger with two beast above.
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2012 by BSI
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B02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation to the shepherds
Scene Description: Two figures in this scene; the one on the right is standing, wears a 3/4 length garment, down to knees and has a shepherd's staff with a curved top; both shepherds have the same type of staff. The figure on the left has knee-length garment; his head wear is odd (unless the protruding part is his beard; his hand is extended horizontally with open palm. There may have been an angel present above; the shape of a wing appears there.
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B03: Old Testament - the time of Samson - the book of Judges - Samson - fighting a lion
Scene Description: Samson rides the lion passant towards the right.
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2012 by BSI
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B04: sacrament - eucharist
Scene Description: Two angels facing each other with a knee-height altar between them; their hands either touch, or gesture towards, the altar.
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2012 by BSI
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B05: animal - mammal - stag
Scene Description: a stag or hart passant-regardant facing toward the winged animal on its back; Acanthus (?) tree or plant on the right
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B06: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation - Mary to the right, Gabriel to the left
Scene Description: The Annunciation. Gabriel stands on the left, robed, haloed and with two wings visiblel the right wing is raised above the second figure's head; the right hand is raised towards the Virgin's head. Mary, on the right, is haloed, robed, and the right hand, palm outward, stretched toward the angel.
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B07: Apostle or saint - St. George and the dragon
Scene Description: Haloed figure riding a horse passant towards the right; holds a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left hand; horse is rearing up on his hind legs; dragon (?) on the left. Scene is well carved and animated.
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B08: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation to Zacharias
Scene Description: Annunciation to Zacharias (according to Nordström (1984: 94).Two figures standing in the centre of the composition; the figure to the right, robed and haloed, raises its right hand towards the person to the left. It is impossible to tell whether this is male or female figure. The figure to the left, haloed, robed and one of the hands, the right, holds and object of some sort over the altar. The drapery flying to the right has an odd curl to the end of it. The altar stands to the left.
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LBH01: animal - mammal - ram - head
![on the northeast side of the base [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1121125040_compressed.png)
Scene Description: on the northeast side of the base [orientation is approximate]
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LBH02: human figure - male - head - bearded - long hair - long mustache
![on the northwest side of the base [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1121125039_compressed.png)
Scene Description: on the northwest side of the base [orientation is approximate]
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LBH03: animal - mammal - lion - head
![on the southwest side of the base [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1121125041_compressed.png)
Scene Description: on the southwest side of the base [orientation is approximate]
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LBH04: animal - mammal - lion - head
![on the southeast side of the base [orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1121125042_compressed.png)
Scene Description: on the southeast side of the base [orientation is approximate]
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 22 May 1997 by BSI
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![Source caption [...] Dopfunt av Bysanthiosverkstaden, omkring 1160, eller något senare."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210434055_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption [...] Dopfunt av Bysanthiosverkstaden, omkring 1160, eller något senare."
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Image Source: digital image [515-92.TIF] of an undated [between 1 January 1907 and 31 December 1912] B&W photograph by Carl R. af Ugglas, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mästerby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200025469.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2021]
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![Source caption [...] Dopfunt av Bysanthiosverkstaden, omkring 1160, eller något senare."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210434054_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption [...] Dopfunt av Bysanthiosverkstaden, omkring 1160, eller något senare."
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Image Source: digital image [515-91.TIF] of an undated [ca. 1910?] B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mästerby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200025468.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2021]
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view of church exterior - southeast end
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph 16 January 2012 by Epicwolfman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masterbykyrka.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2021]
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view of church exterior - north view - detail
Scene Description: showing the north portal; it opens into the west of the nave, north side
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view of church exterior - southeast portal
Scene Description: opening into the chancel and east end of the nave, south side
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view of church exterior - southwest portal
Scene Description: opening into the west end of the nave, south side -- this is the entranceway used regularly for access to the interior
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view of church exterior - tombstone
Scene Description: of different dates and styles
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church interior - reredos
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view of church interior - looking east
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view of church interior - chancel - and east end - painting - detail
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view of church interior - chancel - and east end - painting - detail
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view of church interior - chancel - west wall - painting - detail
Scene Description: a much later painting of David and Goliath in quaint attire
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view of church interior - chancel - west wall - painting - detail
Scene Description: 15th-century paintings by the Passionsmästaren
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view of church interior - chancel - west wall - painting - detail
Scene Description: 15th-century paintings by the Passionsmästaren
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view of church interior - chancel - west wall - painting - detail
Scene Description: 15th-century paintings by the Passionsmästaren
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view of church interior - chancel - west wall - painting - detail
Scene Description: 15th-century paintings by the Passionsmästaren
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view of church interior - chancel - west wall - painting - detail
Scene Description: 15th-century paintings by the Passionsmästaren
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view of church interior - nave - north side - painting - detail
Scene Description: 15th-century paintings by the Passionsmästaren
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view of church interior - nave - north side - painting - detail
Scene Description: 15th-century paintings by the Passionsmästaren
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view of church interior - nave - north side - painting - detail
Scene Description: 15th-century paintings by the Passionsmästaren
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view of church interior - nave - north side - painting - detail
Scene Description: 15th-century paintings by the Passionsmästaren
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view of church interior - chancel arch - painting - detail
Scene Description: paintings dated 1633
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Scene Description: paintings dated 1633
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Scene Description: paintings dated 1633
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Scene Description: paintings dated 1633
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Scene Description: made of sandstone in 1688
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view of church interior - apse - painting
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view of church interior - altar and retable
Scene Description: with the 12th-century (?) mural paintings on the apse
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: showing the medieval font inside the chancel by the north pillar of the chancel arch
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910809F2] [accessed 24 April 2021]
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view of base - south side
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view of base - west side
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: all around; appears to be completely plain
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view of base - east side
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: field-notes taken 18 August 2012 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
information
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: field-notes taken 18 August 2012 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00035MAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1997-05-22; 2023-05-28
Font Date: ca. 1160? [Roosval]
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Byzantios
Church / Chapel Name: Mästerby kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church. Not in its original position; now against the north side of the church immediately before the apse
Church Notes: The church itself retains some of its 13th century wall murals, especially, the Christ in Majesty in the apse and the surrounding symbols for the Apostles and the seated Apostles below; their iconography points to an earlier 12th-13th century date.. There are later, 15th-century, paintings by the Passionmaster.
Church Address: Mästerby kyrka, 622 32 Gotlands Tofta, Sweden
Site Location: Gotland, Gotlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road I579, W of county road 142, 10 km ESE of Tofta, about 20 km S of Visby
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift -- Sanda, Västergarn och Mästerby församling
Historical Region: Gotlands södra härad, Banda ting, Gotlands län
Additional Comments: damaged font: painted with a thick coat of dark paint that makes it very difficult to discern the iconography under it. There may have been painted motifs between the four heads on the base, but there is currently no evidence of this. The same may have been true for the underside of the upper bowl. Again, the heavy paint that covers the font has erased all such evidence. The four heads are the typical ones used for this workshop: ram, two unknown beasts and one man with a mustache.
Font Notes:
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Described in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. III: 186) as an octagonal mounted baptismal font attributed to the Byzantios workshop and dated to circa 1160 by Roosval; the basin sides are ornamented with scenes from the childhood of Christ, Samson, St. Michael, the Eucharist, etc. Chamfered underbowl also octagonal. Round pedestal base with four protruding heads; tall lower base. A photograph in SK: Gotland (ibid., pl. 206 on p. 184) shows a partial view of the font, just east of the chancel arch, on the north side; it has a cover on: octagonal box-like, with little spindle-shaped finials at the angles and a larger one at the centre. In Nordström (1984). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910809F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century by Byzantios. On-site notes: the font has been painted a blackish/green colour that makes it difficult to decipher the iconographic program underneath; the programme moves L-->R; if we start on the south side: St. George - Etymasia - Nativity? - Annunciation to Shepherds - Heavenly Mass - Animal with tree - Annunciation to Mary. The base has the four heads, human and animal. The lower plinth is high, and cut as an extention of the base; a thin round plinth with drainage plate is under the upper one.
COORDINATES
UTM: 34V 338320 6372905
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.469917, 18.304028
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 28′ 11.7″ N, 18° 18′ 14.5″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone (basin) - limestone (base)
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: Besides the central hole in the basin there is a hole in the plinth which is not very high but quite round; it has a trough cut into it leading to under the base for the water to drain out.
Rim Thickness: 5-6 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 55-55.5 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 66-67 cm* / 71 cm* [max] / 68 cm** / 66 cm***
Basin Depth: 22-23 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 22 cm*
Basin Total Height: 37-41 cm*
Height of Base: 62-65 cm*
Height of Central Column: 37-38 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 76 cm* / 78 cm**
Font Height (with Plinth): 102 cm* / *** [part of the plinth is buried in the flooring]
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site [NB: composite measurements from several takings by BSI] / ** Fåhraeus' (1974: 35) / *** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910809F2]
LID INFORMATION
Date: unknown
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal base with octagonal box-like volume; round open-work and knob finial; painted
REFERENCES
- Fåhraeus, Fredrik, "Dopfuntarna, deras tillbehör och placering på Gotland under medeltiden. En inventering.", Stockholm, 1974, p. 35, 117, 121
- Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990, p. 186 and pl. 206 on p. 184
- Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984, p. 56, 94
- 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. 101, 104, 113