Linde No. 2 / Lindum

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LBH03: animal - mammal - ram - head

Scene Description: on the west side of the base [orientation is approximate] -- seen here in profile, from the south side

animal - mammal - bear - head - with prey

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

animal - mammal - lion - head

Scene Description: on the north side of the base [orientation is approximate -- seen here facing front

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

design element - motifs - floral or foliage

Scene Description: painted on in the 18th century [cf. FontNotes]. Modern cover. Painted inscription in black lettering erased in some spots. The basin is cracked though.

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: painted

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

design element - patterns - fretwork

Scene Description: irregular; around the lower half of the base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

design element - patterns - interlace

Scene Description: on the lower sides of the stem

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

human figure - male - head - long hair

Scene Description: on the south side of the base [orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

information

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

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Image Source: digital image of field-notes taken 24 August 2012 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

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Image Source: digital image of field-notes taken 24 August 2012 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

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Image Source: digital image of field-notes taken 24 August 2012 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

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Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT NOT PUBLIC USE

inscription - detail

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes and InscriptionArea]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of base - detail

Scene Description: the bear (?) head with the legs of the prey dangling from its jaws

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of base - south side

Scene Description: showing the heads on the west (ram), south (human) and east (lion) sides of the base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of base - south side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of basin - east side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of basin - interior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of basin - north side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of basin - south side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - apse - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - object

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - object - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - east view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - east view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - lych-gate and churchyard - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - north portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - north portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - north portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - north portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - north portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - north portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - north view - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - northwest portal

Scene Description: opens into the nave from the north

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - northwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - northwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: showing the southwest and southeast portals

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: the church has four volumes: tower, nave, chancel and apse; this detail corresponds to the nave; the whiter stones show the location of an earlier [original?] window, now blocked

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal

Scene Description: opening into the chancel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal

Scene Description: opening into the chancel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: photograph in [www.gotland.net/files/skrivbordsunderlagg/1280/linde_1280x960.jpg] [accessed 20 November 2012]

Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of church exterior - southeast view - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest portal

Scene Description: opening into the west side of the nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest portal

Scene Description: opening into the nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest portal - east side - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest portal - west side - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - tower - east side - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal

Scene Description: opening into the tower

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - west view - lych-gate

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel arch - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - painting - detail

Scene Description: the part recovered by the window was originally St. Martin on horseback sharing his cape with a beggar

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - retable

Scene Description: dated 1521 -- God the Father, enthroned and crowned, holds Christ off the cross; in the left partittion, St. Egidius [aka Giles]; in the right partition, St. Olaf [aka Olof, Olav Haraldsson]; in the sides of the tryptich, Apostles and saints with their symbols

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - retable

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - tabernacle

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2018 by BSI

view of font - east side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - north side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - northwest side

Scene Description: the west side of the font is against the pew and cannot be photographed without moving the font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - south side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of font and cover - east side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of font and cover in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: On the left (west) is the composite font which was painted in the 18th century; on the right (east) are the mushroom-like shape of the two fragments of the old font. The 'cup' of the mushroom is actually the underbowl of the old basin upside-down.

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 05371LIN

Church/Chapel: Linde kyrka

Church Location: Linde, 623 57 Hemse, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 498 48 00 66

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Gotland, Gotllands län

Directions to Site: Located off (W) county road 142. about 35 km ESE of Visby

Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift -- Linde församling

Historical Region: Gotlands södra härad, Fardhems ting, Gotlands län

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, northeast side, by the chancel arch

Century and Period: 12th century (late?) [base only] -- 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Semi-Byzantios (Gotland) [base only?]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd, VII, hft. 2: 76-79, 98) as a composite baptismal font made up of a Semi-Byzantios base [cf. Index entry for Linde No. 1 for the original basin of this font (?), now kept in the Gotlands Fornsalen Museum in Visby], and a later, probably 13th century, limestone cylindrical basin (has inscription: "Kyrkio ... bekostadt thenne målning 1755"); this basin and base were profusely painted in the 18th century; on the basin, little branches of foliage. The the stem of the base has four protruding heads that have been painted as well as the surrounding area; they are: a man's head with long braided (?) hair; a lion head; another lion'shead, this one devouring a human; a ram's head.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.279667, 18.379778

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 16′ 46.8″ N, 18° 22′ 47.2″ E

UTM: 34V 342046 6351557

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (base) - limestone (basin)

Number of Pieces: three?

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 6.5-7.5 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 43.5-44 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 58 cm* / **63 cm

Basin Depth: 18-19 cm*

Height of Basin Side: 22 cm*

Basin Total Height: 33 cm*

Height of Base: 54 cm*

Height of Central Column: 39-40 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 87 cm*

Square Base Dimensions: 45 x 46 cm*

Notes on Measurements: *BSI on-site / **measurements in Sveriges kyrkor vary slightly

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Swedish

Inscription Location: along the upper rim side

Inscription Text: "KYRKIO ... BEKOSTADT THENNE MÅLNING 1755"

Inscription Source: Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd, VII, hft. 2: 76)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: round, flat and plain; modern

REFERENCES

Fåhraeus, Fredrik, "Dopfuntarna, deras tillbehör och placering på Gotland under medeltiden. En inventering.", Stockholm, 1974

Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990

Roosval, Johnny, Medeltida kunst i Gotlands fornsal, Stockholm: A.-B. Gunnar Tisells tekniska förlag, 1925