Elinghem No. 1

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Image Source: Berggren (2002: pl. 9 on p. 156)
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05352ELI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Elinghem ödekyrka (in ruins)
Font Location in Church: In the nave, west end
Site Location: Gotland, Gotlands län, Sweden, Europe
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
Additional Comments: damaged font: only a fragment of the basin left in the ruins of the church ca. 1974
Font Notes:
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: chalice-shaped, cylindrical, mounted
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, p. 54, 64, 65, 70, 77, 82, 87, 125, 162, 165, 173, 189, 205,
  • Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990, Bd. II: p. 88 and pl. 131, 132 on p. 87