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Scene Description: Annunciation to the Shepherds: haloed angel coming out of a starred cloud above; hooded shepherd on the right; the confusing bulk in the bottom left side could be a sheep in/by a bush
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Scene Description: the detached tower to the west of the church is what remains of the original Romanesque church here; some elements of the old church were integrated into the present church, a late-13thC Gothic building
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Scene Description: the detached tower to the west of the church is what remains of the original Romanesque church here; some elements of the old church were integrated into the present church, a late-13thC Gothic building
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05354LAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2012-08-25; 2018-05-28
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late?), Baroque
Cognate Fonts: Same type as the font at nearby Hellvi
Church / Chapel Name: Lärbro kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, in the centre aisle
Church Address: Korsbyvägen 35, 624 52 Lärbro, Gotland, Sweden
Site Location: Gotland, Gotlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the N of the island, 10 km from Slite, about 40-50 km N of Visby
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift -- Forsa församling
Historical Region: Forsa ting, Gotlands län
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the medieval font here)
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. II: 106 and pl. 165 on p. 107) as a late-17th century sandstone baptismal font with a shallow round basin ornamented with a garland-and-fruit all around, mounted on a baluster pedestal. On-site notes: no information available on the whereabouts of the medieval font here. The 17th-century font is painted, raised on wide round plinth with a side drain and drain dish; the date 1695 (?) is incised in it.
COORDINATES
UTM: 34V 368198 6406746
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.783333, 18.783333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 47′ 0″ N, 18° 47′ 0″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 5-11 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 52 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 62-75 cm
Basin Depth: 17 cm
Basin Total Height: 29-30 cm
Height of Base: 70 cm
Height of Central Column: 58 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 99-100 cm
Font Height (with Plinth): 107-108 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: plinth
Inscription Text: "1695"
Inscription Notes: incised in the plinth [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: on-site
REFERENCES
- Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990, Bd. II: 106 and pl. 165 on p. 107