Hangvar

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: on the upper part of the stem of the base

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910501F1] [accessed 18 April 2021]

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design element - motifs - scotia

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910501F1] [accessed 18 April 2021]

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design element - patterns - fluted

Scene Description: on the upper of the two volumes below the centre ring

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910501F1] [accessed 18 April 2021]

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design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: large ribs around the basin and underbowl

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910501F1] [accessed 18 April 2021]

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view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: Source caption; " Portal da nave da igrexa de Hangvar, na illa sueca de Gotland."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bene Riobó, 2018

Image Source: edited detail of a 30 August 2018 digital photograph by Bene Riobó [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portal_da_nave_da_igrexa_de_Hangvar.jpg] [accessed 18 April 2021]

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view of church exterior - west portal

Scene Description: Source caption; " Portal da torre da igrexa de Hangvar, na illa sueca de Gotland."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bene Riobó, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 30 August 2018 by Bene Riobó [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portal_da_torre_da_igrexa_de_Hangvar.jpg] [accessed 18 April 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption; " Igrexa de Hangvar, na illa sueca de Gotland."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bene Riobó, 2018

Image Source: edited detail of a 30 August 2018 digital photograph by Bene Riobó [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Igrexa_de_Hangvar_2.jpg] [accessed 18 April 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hangvars kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydväst."

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Image Source: digital image [492-5.TIF] of a 1916 B&W photograph by Einar Erici, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hangvars_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200021049.jpg] [accessed 18 April 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption; " Igrexa de Hangvar, na illa sueca de Gotland."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bene Riobó, 2018

Image Source: edited detail of a 30 August 2018 digital photograph by Bene Riobó [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Igrexa_de_Hangvar.jpg] [accessed 18 April 2021]

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view of church interior - looking northeast

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Image Source: digital image [492-27.TIF] of a 1910 B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hangvars_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200021093.jpg] [accessed 18 April 2021]

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view of church interior - looking northeast

Scene Description: Source caption; " Interior da igrexa de Hangvar, na illa sueca de Gotland."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bene Riobó, 2018

Image Source: edited detail of a 30 August 2018 digital photograph by Bene Riobó [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_da_igrexa_de_Hangvar.jpg] [accessed 18 April 2021]

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910501F1] [accessed 18 April 2021]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hangvars kyrka [...] Dopfunt av gotländsk kalksten, troligen från 1200-talets mitt."

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Image Source: digital image [492-45.TIF] of a 1916 B&W photograph by Einar Erici, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hangvars_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200021137.jpg] [accessed 18 April 2021]

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view of font and cover in context

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Image Source: digital image [492-38.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph by Olof Sörling, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hangvars_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200021119.jpg] [accessed 18 April 2021]

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hangvars kyrka [...] Dopfunt av gotländsk kalksten, troligen från 1200-talets mitt."

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Image Source: digital image [492-48.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Alfred Edle, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hangvars_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200021140.jpg] [accessed 18 April 2021]

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view of font and cover in context - west side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Karl Brodowsky, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph August 2010 by Karl Brodowsky [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hangvar-kyrka-Gotland-2010_01.jpg] [accessed 18 April 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05351HAN
Church/Chapel: Hangvars kyrka
Church Location: Hangvar kyrkebys 714, 624 54 Lärbro, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 498 22 27 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Gotland, Gotllands län
Directions to Site: Located off (W) local road I673, S of county road 149, 5 km W of Kappelshamn at the extreme N of the island, about 40-50 km NE of Visby
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift
Historical Region: Gotlands norra härad, Forsa ting, Gotlands län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the centre of the nave
Century and Period: 13th century (late?), Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten / Baegerbladsfonte / Muschelcuppen / Musselcuppor / Musselcuppstyp [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: Other such fonts on the island
Church Notes: 13thC church; modified 17thC
Noted in Roosval (1918). Described in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. II: 82) as a mid-13th century baptismal font of Gotland limestone. Catalogued and illustrated in Fåhraeus (1974: 56) as a "Paradise font": large ribbed pattern on the basin and underbowl sides. Conical pedestal base with upper ring; below the ring fluted pattern on the upper block, while the lower one appears plain. Noted in Reutersvärd (1977). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910501F1] as a baptismal font of the musselcuppstyp made of limestone in the xecond half of the 13th century; the SHM entry remarks on the rare pattern on the stem, and reports traces of paint, probably not original. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.8393, 18.6885
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 50′ 21.48″ N, 18° 41′ 18.6″ E
UTM: 34V 362774 6413163

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Gotland)
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 78 cm* / ***
Basin Depth: 24 cm*
Basin Total Height: 38 cm**
Height of Base: 68 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm* / 106 cm** / 105 cm***
Notes on Measurements: * Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. II: 82) / ** Fåhraeus (1974) / *** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910501F1]

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: round, crown-like

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