Akeback / Akebäck
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view of font
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910509F1] [accessed 8 April 2021]
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view of font - upper view
Scene Description: the rope hanging on the left gives away the location of the font beneath the tower
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view of font
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view of font
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view of basin - interior
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view of basin - interior
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design element - motifs - nail-head
Scene Description: a thin band of these all around below the upper rim
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - 16
Scene Description: each corresponding to a basin side; they could be also described as a ribbed pattern
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design element - motifs - moulding
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view of church exterior - tower - south side - portal - detail
![in a 1924 photograph of this portal [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akebäcks_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200012912.jpg] [accessed 14 July 2018] the [a?] wooden door was hung on the outside hinges that are visible here on the right, but no longer used](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1180714049_compressed.png)
Scene Description: in a 1924 photograph of this portal [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akebäcks_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200012912.jpg] [accessed 14 July 2018] the [a?] wooden door was hung on the outside hinges that are visible here on the right, but no longer used
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view of church exterior - tower - south side - portal
![in a 1924 photograph of this portal [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akebäcks_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200012912.jpg] [accessed 14 July 2018] the [a?] wooden door was hung on the outside hinges that are visible here on the right, but no longer used](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1180714048_compressed.png)
Scene Description: in a 1924 photograph of this portal [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akebäcks_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200012912.jpg] [accessed 14 July 2018] the [a?] wooden door was hung on the outside hinges that are visible here on the right, but no longer used
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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail
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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail
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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail
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view of church exterior - southeast portal
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view of church exterior - north view - detail
Scene Description: the former north portal?
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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view of church exterior - east view
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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail
Scene Description: NB: the image shows the carving rotated 90 degrees to the right
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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail
Scene Description: a self-portrait of a mason?
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view of church exterior - southeast portal
Scene Description: opening into the chancel; notice the odd-size stone at the base of the right side, and the carving on it
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view of church exterior - southeast end
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view of church exterior - southwest portal - door - detail
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view of church exterior - southwest portal
Scene Description: opening into the tower space
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view of church exterior - tower - detail
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view of church exterior - west view
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view of church exterior - south portal - door - detail
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view of church exterior - south portal - door - detail
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view of church exterior - south portal - door - detail
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view of church exterior - south portal - door - detail
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view of church exterior - south portal - door - detail
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view of church exterior - tower - detail
Scene Description: a blocked doorway on the south side of the tower
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church exterior - south view - detail
Scene Description: sculpture by the southeast door
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view of church exterior - southeast portal
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: in the late-1800s
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Image Source: digital image of an albumen print of the late-1800s taken by an unknown photographer; in Riksantikvarieämbetet http://kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16000200012875 [accessed 3 September 2012]
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view of church interior - alms box? / stoup?
Scene Description: it may have been originally a holy-water stoup but it appears to have been turned into an alms-box at a later date
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view of font in context
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view of church interior - altar and retable
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of church interior - nave - ceiling
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view of church interior - west end
Scene Description: beneath the tower
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view of church interior - chancel
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view of church interior - chancel
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view of font in context
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: notice the paint on the pedestal base
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view of stoup
Scene Description: wall-mounted on the east side of the south door
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Scene Description: available inside the church
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Scene Description: on-site notes
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05343AKE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2012-08-27; 2018-05-27
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (late?) / 16th century[composite font?], Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten / müschelcuppatyp
Church / Chapel Name: Akebäcks kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, beneath the tower
Church Address: Akebäck, 621 92 Visby, Gotland, Sweden
Site Location: Gotland, Gotlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located just SE of Follingbo, near Roma, about 8 km ESE of Visby
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift
Historical Region: Dede ting, Gotlands län
Additional Comments: painted font / composite font? (the base may be of a later date)
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. I, hft. 5: 547-548): late 13th-century limestone goblet-shaped baptismal font; althouth it appears round at first sight, it actually has sixteen sides, each matching the broad rib or arch of the side and underbowl; round pedestal, slightly conical, and round lower base. The upper rim side of the basin has a narrow band of nail-head pattern all around. In Reutersvärd (1967). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910509F1] as a baptismal font of the 'musselcuppstyp' made of limestone in the second half of the 13th century. On-site notes: the font does not appear to fully match the types of 'musselcuppa' fonts of the 13th century; is it a 16th-century font?; there are no traces of hardware in the upper rim of the basin; the font is painted; if the basin is 13th-century as claimed in SK [cf. supra], the base may be of a later date]. [NB: Paradise font? or related?: the shape of the basin, the large diameter, etc. makes it a variant from the typical fonts of that group]
COORDINATES
UTM: 34V 343953 6381323
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.547431, 18.392458
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 32′ 50.75″ N, 18° 23′ 32.85″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: polygonal, 16 sides, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal (16 sides)
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 9.5-11 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 76 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 96-98 cm* / 96 cm****
Basin Depth: 26-27 cm*
Basin Total Height: 42-43 cm* / 41 cm**
Height of Base: 58-60 cm* / 58 cm**
Height of Central Column: 34
Font Height (less Plinth): 97-100 cm* / 99 cm** / 97.5 cm*** / 98 cm****
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** Fåhraeus (1974: 57) / *** Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. I, hft. 5: 548) / **** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910509F1]
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Fåhraeus, Fredrik, "Dopfuntarna, deras tillbehör och placering på Gotland under medeltiden. En inventering.", Stockholm, 1974, p. 55, 57, 59
- Heales, Alfred, The Ecclesiology of Gotland, Other than Wisby ; and the Churches of Bornholm, London: Printed in Roworth & Co., Newton Street, High Holborn, 1889, p. 22
- Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990, Bd. I, hft. 5: 547-548
- Reutersvärd, Patrik, "Synpunkter på den tidiga medeltidens polykromi", Jahlarkirja joka omistetaan Lars Petterssonille hänen 60-vuotispäivänään 12 elokuuta, 1978, p. 78