Klinte No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05364KLI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Klinte kyrka
Font Location in Church: Found in the churchyard
Site Location: Gotland, Gotlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located just southeast of Klinteham, 25-30 km south of Visby
Historical Region: Hejde ting, Gotlands län
Additional Comments: abandoned font fragment / disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. III: 321, 325) as the limestone plinth of an earlier font; found in the churchyard; has drain channel visible.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: fragment
Font Shape: missing
Basin Interior Shape: [missing]
Basin Exterior Shape: missing
Drainage Notes: there is a central drain hole in the plinth
REFERENCES
- Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990, p. 325 and pl. 376 on p. 321