Alva No. 1
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Results: 9 records
LB01: human figure - seated
Scene Description: seen here on the right side of the image
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LB02: human figure - male - standing - arms akimbo
Scene Description: seen here on the left side of the image; there appears to be a column to the right of the figure
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LB03: human figure - male - fighting a fabulous animal or monster
Scene Description: seen here on the right side of the image
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LB04: human figure - standing - 2
Scene Description: seen here on the left side of the image
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view of font in context
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the Hegvald (?) base is stored between the back of the altar and the east wasll of the apse
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view of font base - detail
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view of font base - upper view
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view of font base - upper view
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05318ALV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Date Visited: 2012-08-17; 2018-05-24
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hegvald? / Hegwald?
Church / Chapel Name: Alva kyrka
Font Location in Church: [in May 2018 it was at the E end, hidden behind the altar]
Church Address: S, Gotland, Sweden
Site Location: Gotland, Gotlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) highway 142, 2-3 km SSW of Hemse, 20 km ENE of Burgsvik
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift
Historical Region: Gotlands Län. Hemse ting, Gotlands län
Additional Comments: disused base (located 24 May 2018 behind the altar)
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Sveriges Kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. VI, hft. 4: 323ff, 340): "Of the medieval font, only the seriously damaged foot remains [...]. It is of grey sandstone and of the common twelfth century type with heads (now broken off) at the four corners. On the fields between the heads are figure scenes in relief, very difficult to interpret." The carving is very worn, but the figures are still discernible: 1)two figures are seated on a throne or bench, one of them probably armed with a sword; 2)a human figure stands facing forward with arms akimbo; another, smaller, figure looking more like a monster, perhaps a griffin? on the left appears to grab his arm; 3)the man on the left wears calf-height pants and appears to be fighting a beast, dragon?, on the left; 4)two human figures facing front, the one on the left appears to hold the arm of the one on the right. There could be a story line between the scenes; some of the figures appear to be repeated on them.
COORDINATES
UTM: 34V 340629 6343572
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.207517, 18.361425
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 12′ 27.06″ N, 18° 21′ 41.13″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone (grey)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: missing
Basin Interior Shape: [missing]
Basin Exterior Shape: missing
Drainage System: centre hole in base
Drainage Notes: [the basin is missing]
Height of Base: 38 cm*
Square Base Dimensions: 40 cm* [approx. diameter]
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges Kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. VI, hft. 4: 323) *[fragment only]
REFERENCES
- Fåhraeus, Fredrik, "Dopfuntarna, deras tillbehör och placering på Gotland under medeltiden. En inventering.", Stockholm, 1974, p. 37, 47, 182
- Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990, p. 323, 324-325, 340
- Roosval, Johnny, Medeltida kunst i Gotlands fornsal, Stockholm: A.-B. Gunnar Tisells tekniska förlag, 1925, p. 8