Roma nr. Visby No. 2 / Sancta Maria de Gutnalia

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: atop the stem of the base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

design element - motifs - torus-scotia

Scene Description: flat and square cut

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: very shallow, all around the basin sides and underbowl

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

information

Image Source: field-notes taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

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information

Image Source: field-notes taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

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view of basin - interior

view of basin - interior - detail

Scene Description: the crudeness of the bottom surface would suggest that either the work weas left unfinished, or that an insert was used for baptisms

view of basin - interior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

view of basin - interior - detail

Scene Description: notice the rough unfinished look; is it because metal liners were already in use?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast end

Scene Description: Source caption: "Roma kyrka [...] Kyrkan från nordöst."

Image Source: digital image [520-11.TIF] of a 1908 B&W photograph by Sigurd Curman, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roma_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200025769.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2021]

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view of church interior - baptismal dish

Scene Description: Source caption: "Roma kyrka [...] Dopfat av mässing. 1500-talet."

Image Source: digital image [520-83.TIF] of a 1924 B&W photograph by Efraim Lundmark, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roma_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200026035.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Image Source: digital image [520-52.TIF] of a 1891 B&W photograph by Olof Sörling, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roma_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200025940.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Roma kyrka [...] Dopfunt av kalksten."

Image Source: digital image [520-78.TIF] of a 1914 B&W photograph by Einar Erici, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roma_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200026004.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2021]

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view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910508F1] [accessed 24 April 2021]

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view of font - east side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - south side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - southeast side

view of font - west side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2012 by BSI

view of font in context - east side

INFORMATION

FontID: 05344ROM

Church/Chapel: Roma kyrka

Church Location: Roma kyrka, 622 54 Romakloster, Sweden

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Gotland, Gotlands län

Directions to Site: Located off (N) local road I608, E of county road 143, 15 km ESE of Visby

Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift -- Roma församling

Historical Region: Gotlands norra härad, Dede ting, Gotlands län

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the S aisle

Century and Period: 13th century (mid?) [Roosval], Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten / Baegerbladsfonte / Muschelcuppen / Musselcuppor / Musselcuppstyp [SHM]

Cognate Fonts: many others of this type

Church Notes: original church 12thC; re-built 13thC; restored 1902

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (1925- ): mid-13th-century red limestone goblet-shaped baptismal font. Noted in Reutersvärd (1967). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910508F1] as a 'musselcuppstyp' baptismal font made of limestone in the mid-13th century. On-site notes: ribbed pattern on basin sides and underbowl; round pedestal, slightly conical, with an upper ring moulding, and a round lower base raised on a round plinth. One of the sides of the lower plinth appears to have been trimmed [to fit againts a wall?]. One of many series-made 'Musselcuppatyp' fonts; the basin made of reddish marble-like limestone, the base beige limestone. The bottom of the inner basin is very rough but shows no drain hole. [cf. Index entry for Roma No. 1 (Gotland) for the base of the earlier font here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.528431, 18.441958

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 31′ 42.35″ N, 18° 26′ 31.05″ E

UTM: 34V 346835 6379096

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone [cf. FontNotes]

Number of Pieces: three?

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 11-12 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 60-61.5 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 82-83 cm*

Basin Depth: 24-25 cm*

Basin Total Height: 47-53 cm*

Height of Base: 57-60 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 110 cm*

Font Height (with Plinth): 116-117 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * average of two sets of measurements taken by BSI on-site [Fåhraeus (1974: 56) figures and those of the SHM fall within our measurements]

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

Reutersvärd, Oscar, Atlas till Sveriges odlingshistoria Tilläggshäfte, [Stockholm?]: CWK Gleerup, 1967

Roosval, Johnny, Die Steinmeister Gottlands: Eine Geschichte der führenden Taufsteinwerkstätte des schwedischen Mittlealters, ihre Voraussetzungen und Begleit-Erscheinungen, Stockholm: A.-B. C.E. Fritzes K. Hofbokhandel, 1918