Alva No. 2
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view of font
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view of font - southeast side
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view of font - south side
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: notice the apparently blocked drain
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view of basin - underbowl
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view of church exterior - southeast end
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view of church exterior - tower - south side - detail
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view of church exterior - southeast view - detail
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view of church exterior - southwest portal
Scene Description: it opens into the tower space
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view of church exterior - tower - south side - detail
Scene Description: the portal opens into the tower space
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information
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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail
Scene Description: on the right (east) side
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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail
Scene Description: on the left (west) side
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view of church exterior - southeast portal
Scene Description: opening into the chancel
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view of church exterior - southwest portal - detail
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view of church exterior - southwest portal - detail
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view of church exterior - southwest portal
Scene Description: opening into the tower
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view of church exterior - southeast portal
Scene Description: opening into the chancel
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: with inscriptions
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view of church exterior - north view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken by 29 June 2005 by Jürgen Howaldt [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gotland-Alva-Kirche_01.jpg] [accessed 7 September 2012]
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view of church interior - Holy Rood - detail
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view of church interior - Holy Rood
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view of font in context
Scene Description: on the north side of the chancel arch
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view of church interior - chancel - tabernacle
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view of church interior - retable - detail
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view of church interior - retable - detail
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view of church interior - retable - detail
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view of church interior - altar and retable
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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inscription
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inscription
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inscription
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05337ALV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2012-08-17; 2018-05-24
Font Date: 1653
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid)
Cognate Fonts: Sproge, Rone No. 2, etc.
Church / Chapel Name: Alva kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, N side
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: painted font: painted in 1673 [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Sveriges Kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. VI, hft. 4: 323-323) as one of several similar fonts found on the island, all from about the same period and all very similar: a shallow basin has foliage ornamentation on the underbowl; the base is shaped like a tall round vase and the plinth is square. The sides of the base are painted and there are inscriptions on the font (the font is dated from 1653, but was painted in 1673) [cf. Index entry for Alva No. 1 for the base of an earlier font here].
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
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: there appears to be a blocked hole in the centre
Rim Thickness: 4.5-5 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 53 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 62-63 cm / 62 cm*
Basin Depth: 8-9 cm
Basin Total Height: 15-17 cm
Height of Central Column: 75-78 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 93 cm
Font Height (with Plinth): 101-103 cm
Square Base Dimensions: 41 x 41 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site / * [SK]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin and Swedish
Inscription Text: 1) "Iesper Øveristris. M.O.D. Øveristris. H.B.K.D.F. Pastore .D. Olao. Amonio. Hallando. Christina. Mathiæ F. Præsto. 1653"
2) "ABLUIT AMNE SACRO PRIMAM QVI PECTORE LABEM CREDULUS HIC ILLO NOMINE SALVUS ERIT"
3) "CURA / IMPENSA (?) IOANNI CANU.../ OP./ 1673"
Inscription Source: Sveriges Kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. VI, hft. 4: 323)
REFERENCES
- Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990, Bd. VI, hft. 4: 322-323