Elinghem No. 1

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05352ELI
Church/Chapel: Elinghem ödekyrka (in ruins)
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Gotland, Gotllands län
Directions to Site: Located at the north of the island, about 40-50 km north of Visby, near the northern limits of the Bro setting
Historical Region: Forsa ting, Gotlands län
Font Location in Church: In the nave, west end
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. II: 87, 88) as a baptismal font, probably of the 13th century, standing in the back of the nave; by the measurements given here (e.g.: font height=93; basin diameter= 71], one assumes that the font was complete [NB: the date of this source is ca. 1935]. Fåhraeus (1974: 53) illustrates the font as typical of a group with cylindrical basins mounted on conical stems; chiefly plain -as this one- or with a low-relief arcade on the basin sides. Berggren (2002: 155-156 and pl. 9) dates these fonts ca. 1200-1275 and shows the font "on its original podium". [NB: a fragment of a badly broken basin is also found in this church - cf. Index entry for Elinghem No. 2]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted) -- chalice shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 71 cm (72 cm*)
Basin Depth: 25 cm
Basin Total Height: (37 cm*)
Height of Base: (56 cm*)
Font Height (less Plinth): 93 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. II: 88) -- [NB: asterisked figures are Fåhraeus' measurements]

REFERENCES

Berggren, Lars, "The Export of Limestone and Limestone Fonts from Gotland during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries", 2002
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