Fleringe

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Scene Description: local pamphlet

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 May 2018 by BSI

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Scene Description: local pamphlet

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast end

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view of church exterior - northeast view

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view of church exterior - northwest end

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view of church exterior - southeast end

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view of church exterior - southwest end - detail

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view of church exterior - southwest portal

Scene Description: opening into the nave from the south side

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view of church exterior - southwest portal

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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 - door - detail

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view of church exterior - tower - detail

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view of church exterior - tower - east side - detail

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view of church exterior - west façade

Scene Description: the west side of the tower with its portal

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view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Scene Description: the portal on the west side of the tower

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view of church exterior - west portal

Scene Description: opens into the tower space

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view of church exterior - west portal - north side - detail

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view of church exterior - west portal - south side - detail

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view of church exterior - west portal - south side - detail

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view of church exterior - west portal - south side - detail

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view of church exterior - west portal - south side - detail

Scene Description: a six-footed octopus?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - south view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 April 2018 by Bene Riobó [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Igrexa_de_Fleringe.jpg] [accessed 29 June 2018]

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view of church interior - nave - detail

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view of church interior - nave - detail

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view of church interior - nave - detail

Scene Description: the present font on the east side of the pillar

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view of church interior - nave - detail

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view of church interior - nave - detail

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the 17thC (?) font said to be originally from "Wisborgs slottskyrka" [=Visby castle church]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 May 2018 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 05349FLE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Fleringe kyrka [orig. from Visby's castle church]

Church Location: 624 60 Lärbro, Gotland, Sweden

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Gotland, Gotlands län

Directions to Site: Located off (N) highway 148, at the extreme northeast tip of the island, about 7 km W from the southern shores of the Fårösund

Ecclesiastic Region: Visby Stift, Bunge, Rute och Fleringe församling

Historical Region: Rute ting, Gotlands län

Font Location in Church: In the centre of the nave, on the E side of the central column

Date: ca. 1645?

Century and Period: 17th century(mid)?

Church Notes: 13thC (?) church; damaged by fire late-17thC

Font Notes: Click to view

Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. II: 57, 58): mid-17th century baptismal font of the type commonly found in the island: shallow hemispherical basin with a baluster-type pedestal; as the same source indicates, the font must be dated to pre-1645, because the anagram of king Christian IV of Denmark appear on it. This font originated from the "Wisborgs slottskyrka" [=Visby castle church].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.86965, 18.877

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 52′ 10.74″ N, 18° 52′ 37.2″ E

UTM: 34V 374068 6416174

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Font Shape: pedestal font

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Notes on Measurements: no measurements taken

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Text: The anagram of king Christian IV of Denmark

Inscription Source: Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. II: 58)

REFERENCES

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