Lojsta

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animal - reptile - snake

Scene Description: all around?

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

animal - with prey - 4

at least two of them have four-legged animal prey; the other two may be holding the body of a sanke that appears to go around this part of the base

Scene Description: at least two of them have four-legged animal prey; the other two may be holding the body of a sanke that appears to go around this part of the base

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

design element - motifs - circle - 9

Scene Description: all around the basin sides; they contain figures in varied positions

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

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: a very thick one

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

design element - motifs - unidentified

Scene Description: in the spandrels of the circles

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

human figure - male - seated - with raised hand or with sword - accompanied by two military figures

There are nine circles ornamenting the upper bowl. Two, at opposite sides of the bowl, show a single figure, enthroned with raised hand or sword. These two medallion-like images are surrounded on either side by what appears to be double figures in vairous standing postures, holding often swords. Strong military presence to the images - could this be related to the same presence in the Hegwaldr fonts….is there a military connection? Teutonic order?

Scene Description: There are nine circles ornamenting the upper bowl. Two, at opposite sides of the bowl, show a single figure, enthroned with raised hand or sword. These two medallion-like images are surrounded on either side by what appears to be double figures in vairous standing postures, holding often swords. Strong military presence to the images - could this be related to the same presence in the Hegwaldr fonts….is there a military connection? Teutonic order?

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

view of church exterior - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2016 by Bene Riobó [

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Image Source: digital image [dbg20078] of a 20 July 1996 by Jan Norrman, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lojsta_-_KMB_-_16000300024408.jpg] [accessed 23 April 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.5

view of church exterior in context - west view

Scene Description: Source caption "Lojsta kyrka [...] Kyrkan från väster."

Image Source: digital image [509-1.TIF] of a 1900 B&W photograph by J.W. Hamner, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lojsta_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200023786.jpg] [accessed 23 April 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church interior - apse - painting

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2001 by Tyler Bell [www.flickr.com/photos/tylerbell/2686429833] [accessed 20 April 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0

view of church interior - chancel arch - west side - painting

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2001 by Tyler Bell [www.flickr.com/photos/tylerbell/2686426631] [accessed 20 April 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0

view of church interior - nave - north side - painting

Scene Description: mid-15thC (?), by the Passionsmästaren [Master of the Passion of Christ]

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

view of church interior - nave - north side - painting

Scene Description: mid-15thC (?), by the Passionsmästaren [Master of the Passion of Christ]

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

view of church interior - nave - north side - painting

Scene Description: mid-15thC (?), by the Passionsmästaren [Master of the Passion of Christ]

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

view of church interior - nave - north side - painting

Scene Description: mid-15thC (?), by the Passionsmästaren [Master of the Passion of Christ]

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

view of church interior - nave - north side - painting

Scene Description: mid-15thC (?), by the Passionsmästaren [Master of the Passion of Christ]

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

view of church interior - nave - north side - painting

Scene Description: mid-15thC (?), by the Passionsmästaren [Master of the Passion of Christ]

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

view of church interior - window - stained glass

Scene Description: Source caption: "Lojsta kyrka.Jesu dop.Fönstermålning från 1200-talet."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 December 2011 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lojsta_04.jpg] [accessed 20 April 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font

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

view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Lojsta kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster. Efter restaurering 1923."

Image Source: digital image [509-40.TIF] of an undated [post 1923] B&W photograph by Carl Wilhelm Pettersson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lojsta_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200023945.jpg] [accessed 23 April 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Lojsta kyrka [...] Interiör mot väster. Efter restaurering 1957."

Image Source: digital image [509-44.TIF] of a 1957 Gunnar Svahnström B&W photograph by Carl Wilhelm Pettersson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lojsta_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200023946.jpg] [accessed 23 April 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

INFORMATION

FontID: 00044LOJ

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Lojsta kyrka

Church Location: Lojsta kyrka 1, 623 59 Hemse, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 498 48 00 66

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Gotland, Gotllands län

Directions to Site: Located off (E) county road 142, 10 km N of Hemse and in its municipality, about 35 km ESE of Visby

Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift

Historical Region: Gotlands södra härad, Fardhems ting, Gotlands län

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the centre of the nave, opposite the south door [NB: in 1923, before the 1957 restoration the font was located on the north side of the nave, against the wall - cf. C.W. Pettersson's ill in SK: Gotland, Bd.VII, hft.1, p. 34]

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Majestatis or Tryde master / Majestatisgruppen [SHM]

Church Notes: original church probably wooden, later replaced by the present mid-13thC stone church -- The church is small with a single nave structure, leading to a square apse which has three windows with stained glass. The walls have retained the late-medieval murals by the Passion Master, as well as some earlier paintings of the 14thC

Font Notes: Click to view

In Roosval (1918). Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. VII, hft. 1: 33-4, 66-70, 91) as a sandstone hemispheric baptismal font of the late 12th century; the basin, unfortunately very worn now due to its being exposed to the elements for many years, has large circles in which human figures appear, mostly standing, some sitting. The base, also in sandstone, has an upper ring moulding and four protruding lion heads devouring snakes; the lower volume of the base is also round but made of limestone. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910823F1] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the mid-12th century; the SHM entry notes Fåhraeus' attribution to the Majestatisgruppen but the entry gives Hegvald as the 'Upphovsman'. On-site notes: the font is badly worn and only a general description is possible: the older parts, basin and upper base, stand on two later plinths from what appears to be the 13th century(?); there is a central drainage hole in the upper bowl. There are four heads ornamenting the base. The underside of the bowl is plain and unadorned. The bowl has been scraped of all paint and colour.There are two indentations inside the bowl which indicate that a lid once covered the top of the bowl. There is no font cover present now but a post-1923 photograph [cf. ImagesArea] shows a round and flat plain cover on the font. The font has been moved around the church interior through the years; from its likely original position near the entrance, the font is shown ca. 1923 [cf. ImagesArea] in the northeast corner of the nave but in 1957 it shows back at the west end, centre aisle.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.312806, 18.383917

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 18′ 46.1″ N, 18° 23′ 2.1″ E

UTM: 34V 342437 6355235

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (basin and upper base) - limestone (plinths)

Number of Pieces: two (and two plinths)

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted) -- chalice-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 6.5-8 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 50 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 63-66 cm* / 65 cm**

Height of Basin Side: 24-26 cm*

Basin Total Height: 40 cm*

Height of Base: 34 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 74 cm* / 77 cm**

Font Height (with Plinth): 97 cm* (118-119 cm* with lower plinth included)

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910823F1]

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

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