Vastergan / Västergarn
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view of basin - interior - detail
Scene Description: notice the carving pattern on the inner sides of the basin
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view of basin - interior
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design element - architectural - buttress - 4
Scene Description: rounded buttress-like endings at the angles of the basin
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inscription
Scene Description: on the west side of the basin
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design element - motifs - floral and foliage
Scene Description: incised on many surfaces of the basin
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Scene Description: on the north side of the basin
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design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: incised on the sides of the underbowl
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design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church exterior - east view - detail
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view of church exterior - east view
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view of church exterior - detail
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view of church exterior - detail
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view of church exterior - detail
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view of church exterior - south portal - door - detail
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view of church exterior - south portal - door - detail
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view of church exterior - south portal - door
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view of church exterior - south portal
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church exterior - south view - detail
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church exterior - west portal - south side - detail
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view of church exterior - west portal - dorr - detail
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view of church exterior - west portal - north side - detail
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view of church exterior - west end - detail
Scene Description: by the west portal
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view of church exterior - west portal - door - detail
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view of church exterior - west portal
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view of church exterior - west view
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view of church exterior in context - west view
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view of church exterior - southwest portal
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view of church exterior - west portal - detail
Scene Description: above the arch-head
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view of church exterior - west portal - detail
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view of church exterior - west portal
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view of church exterior - southwest portal - detail
Scene Description: capital on the east side
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view of church exterior - southwest portal - detail
Scene Description: capital on the west side
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view of church exterior - southwest portal - door - detail
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view of church exterior - southwest end
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view of church exterior - belfry - detail
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church interior - retable - detail
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view of church interior - retable - detail
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view of church interior - retable
Scene Description: sandstone retable dated 1641 featuring the Sacrifice of Abraham; the finial has the crest of Christian IV
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view of church interior - altar and retable
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view of church interior - west end - gallery and organ
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view of church interior - alms box - detail
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view of church interior - 'ex voto', votive image or object - votive ship - detail
Scene Description: donated in 1637 by harbourmaster Marcus Schröde
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view of church interior - 'ex voto', votive image or object - votive ship - detail
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view of church interior - 'ex voto', votive image or object - votive ship - detail
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view of church interior - 'ex voto', votive image or object - votive ship
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design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis
Scene Description: on the 'face' of the ball-in-socket motifs
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design element - motifs - ball-in-socket
Scene Description: from a distance they look like hooded heads, but they are not; the closest motif would probably be the ball-in-socket
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05362VAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2012-08-26; 2018-05-23
Font Date: 1592
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Västergarns kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Church Address: 622 30 Västergarn, Gotland, Sweden
Site Location: Gotland, Gotlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) highway 140, on the W coast of the island, about 25 km S of Visby
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift -- Sanda, Västergarn och Mästerby församling
Historical Region: Banda ting, Gotlands län
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original church here)
Font Notes:
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Described in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland as a sandstone baptismal font of the medieval type but dated by an inscription to 1592; it has foliage ornamentation on the basin; made of two blocks, no drain. Described and illustrated in Fåhraeus (1974): the basin has a square plant with rounded buttressed corners (each with a small hole in its top), with incised floral ornamentation on many of its surfaces; there is a ribbed/foliage pattern on the hemispherical underbowl; the base plant is also square, with eight fleur-de-lis motifs -four large, four small- on the narrow upper part, while the lower end is plain with vertical sides. [NB: the remnants of the original Romanesque church here are located just north of this church; the present building dates from the mid-13th century -- we have no information of the font(s) of the earlier and/or original church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 34V 329011 6370043
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.440833, 18.151
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 26 '27 "N, 18° 9' 03.06" E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 7-17 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 52-53 cm [widest]
Diameter (includes rim): 67-87 cm [narrowest-widest]
Basin Depth: 25-26 cm
Basin Total Height: 54-55 cm
Height of Base: 62-63 cm
Height of Central Column: 43 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm
Font Height (with Plinth): 116-117 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site [NB: measurements in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. III, p. 174) and Fåhraeus (1974: 61) vary slightly]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: carved on two sides (N-W) of the basin
Inscription Text: 1) "ANNO 1.5.9.2."
2) "ANNO -1-5-9-2 / H-N-I-H [the last H has Runic-like stems]"
Inscription Source: 1)Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. III, p. 174) -- 2)BSI on-site
REFERENCES
- Fåhraeus, Fredrik, "Dopfuntarna, deras tillbehör och placering på Gotland under medeltiden. En inventering.", Stockholm, 1974, p. 61, 63, 156
- Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990, Bd. III, p. 174