Alva No. 2

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inscription

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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 - north view

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view of church exterior - southeast end

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view of church exterior - southeast portal

Scene Description: opening into the chancel

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view of church exterior - southeast portal

Scene Description: opening into the chancel

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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 - detail

Scene Description: on the right (east) side

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: with inscriptions

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view of church exterior - southeast view - 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 - southwest portal

Scene Description: it opens into the tower space

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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 view

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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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view of church exterior - tower - south side - detail

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view of church interior - Holy Rood

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view of church interior - Holy Rood - detail

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view of church interior - altar and retable

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view of church interior - chancel - tabernacle

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

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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 font

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view of font - south side

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view of font - southeast side

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view of font in context

Scene Description: on the north side of the chancel arch

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05337ALV

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Alva kyrka

Church Location: S, Gotland, Sweden

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Gotland, Gotlands län

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

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, N side

Date: 1653

Century and Period: 17th century(mid)

Cognate Fonts: Sproge, Rone No. 2, etc.

Font Notes: Click to view

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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.207517, 18.361425

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 12′ 27.06″ N, 18° 21′ 41.13″ E

UTM: 34V 340629 6343572

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Font Shape: pedestal font

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

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