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Scene Description: posted outside the church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

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view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast view

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view of church exterior - northwest end

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view of church exterior - northwest portal

Scene Description: opening into the west end of the nave, north side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - northwest portal - door - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - portal - door

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - east side - frieze - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - east side - frieze - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - east side - frieze - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - west side - frieze - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - west side - frieze - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - west side - frieze - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - west side - frieze - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal

Scene Description: opening into the east side of the nave and chancel -- this is the usual access into the church nowadays

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Scene Description: a lone hooded monk appears to trail after the Adoration of the Magi scene that follows around this side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Scene Description: the lone hooded monk and two of the Magi carrying gifts; part of the Adoration of the Magi scene that follows around this side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

partial view of the Adoration of the Magi scene: two Magi carrying gifts, the crowned and seated Madonna with Child on her lap and Joseph at the far right

Scene Description: partial view of the Adoration of the Magi scene: two Magi carrying gifts, the crowned and seated Madonna with Child on her lap and Joseph at the far right

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

on the left a partial view of the Adoration of the Magi scene: two Magi carrying gifts, the crowned and seated Madonna with Child on her lap and Joseph at the right. The scene on the right is the Massacre of the Innocent: crwoned seated Herod gives the orders that are executed by two very medieval-looking soldiers; at the far right a grieving mother.

Scene Description: on the left a partial view of the Adoration of the Magi scene: two Magi carrying gifts, the crowned and seated Madonna with Child on her lap and Joseph at the right. The scene on the right is the Massacre of the Innocent: crwoned seated Herod gives the orders that are executed by two very medieval-looking soldiers; at the far right a grieving mother.

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Scene Description: partial view of the Adoration of the Magi and the Massacre of the Innocent

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

On the left is Joseph as part of the Adoration of the Magi. The scene on the right is the Massacre of the Innocent: crwoned seated Herod gives the orders that are executed by two very medieval-looking soldiers; at the far right a grieving mother.

Scene Description: On the left is Joseph as part of the Adoration of the Magi. The scene on the right is the Massacre of the Innocent: crwoned seated Herod gives the orders that are executed by two very medieval-looking soldiers; at the far right a grieving mother.

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - door - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

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

On the right is the Annunciation to the Shepherds: the two shepherds with typical hooded garments; at the right a sheep or goat stands to attention on two legs; above it is a large oak leaf and the Manus Dei in a cruciferous nimbus. The seated figure to the left is Joseph, part of the previous scene, the Nativity

Scene Description: On the right is the Annunciation to the Shepherds: the two shepherds with typical hooded garments; at the right a sheep or goat stands to attention on two legs; above it is a large oak leaf and the Manus Dei in a cruciferous nimbus. The seated figure to the left is Joseph, part of the previous scene, the Nativity

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

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

Joseph dreams away at the angle, his head rested on his hand; as often represented, he is part of the Nativity scene that precedes it

Scene Description: Joseph dreams away at the angle, his head rested on his hand; as often represented, he is part of the Nativity scene that precedes it

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

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

Scene Description: three scenes seem in this image [L->R}: Annunciation to Mary - Visitation - Nativity with Dream of Joseph

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

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

on the left Gabriel delivers his announcement to Mary, who is shown holding a book. On the right the two figures of the Visitation embrace and kiss

Scene Description: on the left Gabriel delivers his announcement to Mary, who is shown holding a book. On the right the two figures of the Visitation embrace and kiss

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

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

Annunciation and Visitation on the left. On the right, the large bed and its magnificent coverings dwarf Mary and the swathed Child in the manger lying rigidly with the heads of the ass and ox on it

Scene Description: Annunciation and Visitation on the left. On the right, the large bed and its magnificent coverings dwarf Mary and the swathed Child in the manger lying rigidly with the heads of the ass and ox on it

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

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

Scene Description: a detail of the decorated entranceway

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 July 2005 by Jürgen Howaldt [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gotland-Lye_kyrka_01.jpg] [accessed 23 November 2012]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest portal

Scene Description: opening into the west end of the nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest portal - door - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest portal - door - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest view

Image Source: digital image [512-6.TIF] of a 1915 B&W photograph by Einar Erici in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lye_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200024257.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior - west portal

Scene Description: opening into the tower

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 July 2005 by Jürgen Howaldt [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gotland-Lye_kyrka_03.jpg] [accessed 23 November 2012]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Madonna and Child in the niche; animal and human motifs in the frieze arcade -- believed to be by master Sighraf; dated usually to the 12th century, much too early; likely of the 13th century

Scene Description: Madonna and Child in the niche; animal and human motifs in the frieze arcade -- believed to be by master Sighraf; dated usually to the 12th century, much too early; likely of the 13th century

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

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

Scene Description: a classical Madonna and Child by a Gotland master

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in May 1997 by BSI

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

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in May 1997 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Lye kyrka [...] Kyrkomiljö"

Image Source: digital image [dbg21021] of a 21 July 1996 by Jan Norman, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lye_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000300024455.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2021]

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view of church interior - Holy Rood

Scene Description: dated 1496

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 July 2005 by Jürgen Howaldt [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gotland-Lye_kyrka_07.jpg] [accessed 23 November 2012]

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view of church interior - baptismal dish

Scene Description: Source caption: "Lye kyrka [...] Dopfat, av mässing, daterat till 1699."

Image Source: digital image [512-248.TIF] of a 1964 B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lye_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200024820.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church interior - chancel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 July 2005 by Jürgen Howaldt [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gotland-Lye_kyrka_06.jpg] [accessed 23 November 2012]

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view of church interior - chancel - north side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - north side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - north side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - north side - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - north side - painting

Scene Description: includes the Annunciation to Mary, Visitation, Adoration of the Magi and Nativity [not in sequential order]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - north side - painting - detail

Scene Description: Madonna and Child, part of the Adoration of the Magi scene

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - tabernacle

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - looking east

Image Source: digital image [512-89.TIF] of a 1889 B&W photograph by Olof Sörling, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lye_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200024428.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church interior - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

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

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - north side - painting - detail

includes a partial remains of St. Christopher carrying Christ Child, St. Martin sharing his capr with a beggar, St. Andrew with his saltire cross, and Christ praying

Scene Description: includes a partial remains of St. Christopher carrying Christ Child, St. Martin sharing his capr with a beggar, St. Andrew with his saltire cross, and Christ praying

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 July 2005 by Jürgen Howaldt [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gotland-Lye_kyrka_12.jpg] [accessed 23 November 2012]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - nave - north side - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - painting - detail

Scene Description: these partial remains are located on the corner of the north wall of the nave (right) with the north wall of the tower arch (left)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - painting

Scene Description: [location inside the church not recorded]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - retable

dated 1496 -- The centre piece of the triptych includes a Trinity scene with six surrounding angels, one of them carrying a censer; God the Father is crowned; the Holy Ghost appears as a haloed dove; still in the centre piece of the tryptich, but in lateral compartments, are four of the Apostles. The wings of the triptych include four Apostles in each; each of the Apostles carries his identifying symbol.

Scene Description: dated 1496 -- The centre piece of the triptych includes a Trinity scene with six surrounding angels, one of them carrying a censer; God the Father is crowned; the Holy Ghost appears as a haloed dove; still in the centre piece of the tryptich, but in lateral compartments, are four of the Apostles. The wings of the triptych include four Apostles in each; each of the Apostles carries his identifying symbol.

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - retable

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone - detail

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view of church interior - window

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910815F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910815F1#] [accessed 19 December 2020]

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view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the font is partially visible at the far [east] end, left [north] side, by the north pillar of the chancel arch

Image Source: digital image [512-101.TIF] of a 1962 B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lye_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200024454.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Lye kyrka [...] Dopfunt av kalksten, från 1200-talet."

Image Source: digital image [512-245.TIF] of a 1915 B&W photograph by Einar Erici in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lye_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200024817.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2021]

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Lye kyrka [...] Dopfunt av kalksten, från 1200-talet."

Image Source: digital image [512-247.TIF] of a 1965 B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lye_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200024819.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2021]

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: from the south side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: from the east side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of font and cover in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of font and cover in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of font cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 01001LYE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Lye kyrka

Church Location: Lye, 623 61 Stånga, Sweden

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Gotland, Gotllands län

Directions to Site: Located off local road I547, just S of county road 144, 3 km NE of Stånga, on the SE side of the island, about 45 km ESE of Visby

Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift -- Garde församling

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

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the northeast area, beneath the chancel arch, by the pulpit

Century and Period: 13th century (mid?), Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten

Cognate Fonts: Many other such fonts (e.g.: Ala, Anga, Ardre, etc.) on the island

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Fåhraeus (1974). Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 80, 81) as a limestone cylindrical mounted baptismal font dated to the mid-13th century, one of many such found on the island, with or without basin ornamentation (e.g.: Ala, Anga, Ardre, Bunge, Hejnum, etc.). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910815F1] as a 'ciborietyp' baptismal font made of limestone in the mid-13th century. On-site notes: a basin with vertical sides devoid of any ornamentation, raised on the typical conical pedestal stem of this group, the only ornamentation being the roll-moulding at the top of the stem of the base. The font is raised on a wide round plinth. Flat wooden octagonal font cover with a raised cake-like centre volume, octagonal as well, its faces adorned with diamond-shaped motifs and painted; dated probably to the 17th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.297917, 18.526361

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 17′ 52.5″ N, 18° 31′ 34.9″ E

UTM: 34V 350954 6353258

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: three + plinth

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 7.5-8 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 64 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 79-80 cm* / 79 cm**

Basin Depth: 28-29 cm*

Height of Basin Side: 28 cm*

Basin Total Height: 40 cm*

Height of Base: 57 cm* [36+21]

Font Height (less Plinth): 97 cm* / **

Font Height (with Plinth): 119-120 cm*

Notes on Measurements: *BSI on-site [NB: measurements are a composite of several takings by BSI] / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910815F1] [NB: some measurements in Fåhraeus (1974: 13) vary from BSI's & SHM's

LID INFORMATION

Date: 17th century?

Material: wood

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes for details]

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