Bjorke / Björke

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Results: 43 records

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LBH01: human figure - male - head - wearing headdress

Scene Description: on the southwest coner of the lowert base; it appears to be wearing a hood

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

LBH01: human figure - male - head - wearing headdress - front view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

LBH01: human figure - male - head - wearing headdress - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

LBH02: human figure - male - head - bearded - wearing hood

Scene Description: on the southeast corner of the lower base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

LBH03: human figure - male - head - bearded - wearing helmet

Scene Description: on the northeast corner of the lower base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

LBH04: human figure - male - head - bearded - wearing hood

Scene Description: on the northwest corner of the lower base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

information

Image Source: field-notes taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

information

Image Source: field-notes taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910811F4] [accessed 9 April 2021]

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view of base - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910811F4] [accessed 9 April 2021]

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view of base - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910811F4] [accessed 9 April 2021]

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view of base - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910811F4] [accessed 9 April 2021]

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view of base - east side - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of base - south side - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of base - southwest side - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of basin

Scene Description: notice the reinforcing metal band at the upper rim, and the poor state of the stone

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Scene Description: notice the large crack towards the bottom of the inner basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal

Scene Description: opening to the chancel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - capital

Scene Description: left (west) side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - capital

Scene Description: right (east) side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - west tower

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - Holy Rood

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - alms box

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - alms box - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - column - base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - column - base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - column - base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - column - base - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - column - base - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - column - base - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - column - base - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - north side

Scene Description: nave, chancel and font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910811F4] [accessed 9 April 2021]

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view of font - south side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of font base

Scene Description: notice the through crack under the centre ring

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: against the north side of the chancel arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 05346BJO

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Björke kyrka

Church Location: Björke kyrkby, 622 42 Romakloster, Gotland, Sweden

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Gotland, Gotllands län

Directions to Site: Located off local road I604, E of the 143, 2 KM SW of Romakloster, about 16 km SE of Visby

Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift

Historical Region: Gäsene härad / Dede ting

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, by the N side of the chancel arch [NB: before 1910 renovation it was on the S side, to the left of the S entrance)

Century and Period: 13th century (mid?), Late Romanesque

Church Notes: mid-13thC church; modified 14th and 16thC; renovated 1910-1912;

Font Notes: Click to view

Described and illustrated in Lundmark (1931), Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. I, hft. 5: 618). In Lagerlöf and Svahnström (1991). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910811F4] as a baptismal font made of limestone in the mid-13th century; the SHM entry further notes that the metal band around it were installed to protect it from further cracking, and that the lower piece is probably a later addition. Baptismal font made of limestone circa 1230; the basin is hemispheric and plain; the round-to-square pedestal base has a roll moulding on the top; the lower end has four human heads, all male, placed at 90-degree angles; the lower volume of the base is square and probably of a later date. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.507444, 18.421361

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 30′ 26.8″ N, 18° 25′ 16.9″ E

UTM: 34V 345513 6376808

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: 4

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 6 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 55 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 67-68 cm* / 67 cm**

Basin Depth: 33 cm*

Basin Total Height: 35.5 cm*

Height of Base: 72 cm*

Height of Central Column: 34 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 92 cm*

Font Height (with Plinth): 107.5 cm* / 107 cm**

Square Base Dimensions: 38 x 38 cm*

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910811F4] [NB: the height w/o the lower base/plinth is approximately 92 cm; the height w/o any lower base is approximately 70 cm]

REFERENCES

Fåhraeus, Fredrik, "Dopfuntarna, deras tillbehör och placering på Gotland under medeltiden. En inventering.", Stockholm, 1974

Lagerlöf, Erland, Gotlands kyrkor, 1966-1973

Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990