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view of font - southwest side
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view of font
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view of font and cover
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view of basin - upper view
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view of basin
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - Runic stone
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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - Runic stones
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view of church exterior - west portal
Scene Description: opens into the west end of the tower space
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view of church exterior - southwest portal - detail
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view of church exterior - southwest portal
Scene Description: it opens into the nave no the south side
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view of church exterior - southeast end
Scene Description: showing the southeast portal; it opens into the chancel
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view of church exterior - southeast view - detail
Scene Description: showing both portals on the south side
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church exterior - southeast end
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view of church exterior - southeast portal
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view of church exterior - southwest portal - detail
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view of church exterior - southwest portal
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view of church exterior - west tower
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view of church exterior - maypole
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view of church exterior - lych-gate
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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church exterior - east view
Scene Description: the lychgate in the foreground
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view of church exterior - lych-gate
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: in the late late-1800s
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Image Source: digital image of an albumen print of the late 1800s in the Riksantikvarieämbetet [http://kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16000200016094] [accessed 9 September 2012]
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view of church interior - painting - detail - devils and milkmaids
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view of church interior - painting - detail - devils and milkmaids
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view of church interior - painting - detail - devils
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view of church interior - painting - detail - bishop
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view of church interior - painting - detail - bishop
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view of church interior - painting - detail - St. George - praying Queen - praying King
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view of church interior - painting - detail - St. Martin? or Massacre of Innocents
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: showing the font at the far end, across from the south door
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view of font in context - west side
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view of font in context - west side
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: the mark or damage at the center of the inner basin is not related to the drain (there is none) but to a flaw in the stone
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: at the west end of the nave, beneath the tower arch
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view of font in context
Scene Description: at the west end of the nave, looking east
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: with the font in the foreground
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view of church interior - chancel - south side - painting - St George on horseback with serpent - King David with harp on balcony
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view of church interior - chancel
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view of church interior - chancel - painting
Scene Description: above the choir and sacristy door
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view of church interior - Holy Rood
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view of church interior - detail
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view of church interior - alms box
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view of church interior - southwest entranceway- detail
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05357BAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2012-08-26; 2023-06-04
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early) [Roosval], Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: ciborietyp [SHM] / Paradise font
Cognate Fonts: Elinghem, Lye, etc., also in Gotland
Church / Chapel Name: Bäls kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church. at the W end of the nave centre aisle, beneath the tower arch
Church Address: Bäls kyrkby, Gute, Gotland, Sweden
Site Location: Gotland, Gotlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) highway 147, about 20 km E of Visby, towards the eastern side of the island
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby Stift, Väskinde församling
Historical Region: Gotlands norra härad, Bäls ting, Gotlands län
Additional Comments: Passion master paintings inside
Font Notes:
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Described in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. II: 184) as a limestone baptismal font of the early 13th century (cites Roosval's Steinmeister (1918: 208 and pl. 239) as source for the dating). Described and illustrated in Fåhraeus (1974) as a plain cylindrical mounted font with a conical pedestal base, quite similar to the ones from Elinghem, Lye, etc. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910506F2] as a baptismal font of the 'ciborietyp' made of limestone in the mid-13th century. On-site visit: the font is in good shape and totally plain except for the roll moulding atop the base; the base is of two blocks; the basin has no drain but it has stone flaw in the centre of the inner basin. The wooden cover is round, flat and plain; modern.
COORDINATES
UTM: 34V 358716 6391627
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.64476, 18.63288
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 38′ 41.14″ N, 18° 37′ 58.37″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 8 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 59-60 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 75-76 cm* / 75 cm***
Basin Depth: 27 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 24 cm*
Basin Total Height: 34 cm* / 33 cm**
Height of Base: 62-64 cm*
Height of Central Column: 39 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 95.5-96 cm* / ***
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site [NB: measurements are a compositeof several takings by BSI] / ** Fåhraeus (1974: 52) / *** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910506F2]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat, round and plain; modern
REFERENCES
- Fåhraeus, Fredrik, "Dopfuntarna, deras tillbehör och placering på Gotland under medeltiden. En inventering.", Stockholm, 1974, p. 52, 189
- Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990, Bd. II, p. 184
- 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, p. 208 and ill. 239