Nas nr. Grötlingbo No. 1 / Näs

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design element - motifs - moulding

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

design element - motifs - spur?

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

information

Image Source: field-notes taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

information

Image Source: field-notes taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

information

Image Source: field-notes taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Scene Description: there is no drain hole visible

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - east view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - east view

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view of church exterior - southeast portal

Scene Description: opening into the chancel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest portal

Scene Description: opening into the west end of the nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest portal - detail

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

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

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

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view of church interior - 'ex voto', votive image or object - votive ship

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view of church interior - Holy Rood - east side

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view of church interior - Holy Rood - west side

Scene Description: a replica of the medieval original

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel arch - painting - detail

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view of church interior - chancel arch - painting - detail

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view of church interior - chancel arch - painting - detail

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view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: a new funtion for a disused entranceway

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - entranceway

Scene Description: the southwest entranceway

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking west

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view of church interior - retable

Scene Description: made of Burgsvik sandstone in 1692

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - east side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - north side

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the fragments of the medieval (?) font in the context of the south pillar of the chancel arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2012 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 04030NAS

Church/Chapel: Näs kyrka

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Gotland, Gotllands län

Directions to Site: In the SW of the island, near Grötlingbo, about 55 km S of Visby

Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift -- Havdhems församling

Historical Region: Grötlinge ting, Gotlands län

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, West end, north side

Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. IX, hft. 1: 46-47, 64) as the much damaged original font of this church; only a small fragment remains of the chalk-stone (limestone) basin, with a moulding on the underbowl; the base is a plain sandstone cylinder and the lower base is a square of the same stone; there appear to have been spurs or leaves at the angles of the lower base, but the stone is much too eroded to have any certainty of its former ornamentation. On-site notes: SK [cf. supra] reports a drain of 10 square centimeters, but we could not see any in the basin; is the drain hole in the base? It is possible that a 13th-century font had a basin with no drain. The font in use now is a 1699 unremarkable sandstone pedestal-type [cf. Index entry for Näs No. 2 (Gotland)]. [NB: not to be mistaken with the wooden font from a village of the same name in northern Sweden, also listed in this Index]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.110167, 18.262406

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 6′ 36.6″ N, 18° 15′ 44.66″ E

UTM: 34V 334215 6332976

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (base) - limestone (basin fragment)

Number of Pieces: three

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: the source [cf. supra] reports a drain of 10 cm²

Rim Thickness: 4-9 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 54 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 72 cm

Basin Depth: 12 cm

Basin Total Height: 25 cm [approx.]

Height of Central Column: 25-26 cm [approx.]

Font Height (less Plinth): 73-74 cm

Font Height (with Plinth): 93-94 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site [NB: all measurements are of the remaining fragments; the missing basin sides would likely raise the total to the expected 100-100 cm typical of these fonts]

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