Gothem
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Scene Description: the 18thC font with the date, 1741, painted on the basin side; the running inscription around the upper rim refers to the donors -- although the later fonts were of a totally diferent design from the Romanesque fonts of Gotland, a lower base decorated with four animal heads was retained in some of them, like the one at Gothem -- notice also the modern casters beneath the font, which allow for the movement of the font to wherever is needed within the church at a given time
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Scene Description: the 1741 replacement font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jürgen Howaldt, 2005
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Scene Description: the 18thC font -- these fonts were all used with baptismal dish fitted into the basin top, usually of metal, often made of brass
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Scene Description: seen through one of the lychgates
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Scene Description: 14th-century
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view of church interior - pulpit
Scene Description: 1709, by Christian Fedder -- the top of the 18th-century font visible on the bottom left corner
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jürgen Howaldt, 2005
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05367GOT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Date Visited: 2002-07-12; 2013-05-31
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Majestatis or Tryde master?
Church / Chapel Name: Gothems kyrka
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: Remains of an early (12thC?) defensive tower stand west of the present church -- Important murals in this church
Church Address: Gothem Prästgården 929, 624 30 Slite, Sweden -- Phone: +46 498 300 01
Site Location: Gotland, Gotlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the I-617, on the eastern side of the island, 25-30 km E of Visby
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift
Historical Region: Lina ting, Gotlands län
Additional Comments: disappeared font (only fragments are said to remain of the Romanesque font)
Font Notes:
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Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. IV, hft. 1: 108 et al., and Bd. IV, hft 6: 859, 862, 891) mentions "fragments of font by Majestatis or some closely allied master", that have been preserved. A plan showing the "attempted reconstruction of [the] nave made during excavations in conjunction with restoration 1949-50" (Bd. IV, hft. 6 pl. 922 on p. 859) shows the placement for the medieval font at the centre of the nave, between the two central columns. On-site notes: the 18th-century font is located by the pulpit. [NB: the present baptismal font is wooden and dates from 1741; it has garlands on the basin, cherubs and more garlands on the upper base and a poor imitation of the type of base with animals found in the earlier fonts of the island; it is raised on casters; it has a centre drain in the inner basin; no font cover present]. [re-visited Gothem Kyrka 23 May 2018]. We did not find any fragments of the old font anywhere in this church.
COORDINATES
UTM: 34V 364557 6383707
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.575461, 18.735094
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 34′ 31.66″ N, 18° 44′ 6.34″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Drainage System: yes
REFERENCES
- Fåhraeus, Fredrik, "Dopfuntarna, deras tillbehör och placering på Gotland under medeltiden. En inventering.", Stockholm, 1974, ill. on p. 114
- Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990, Bd. IV, hft. 1: p. 96, 97, 107, and Bd. IV, hft. 6: p. 859, 862, 891