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Image Source: field-notes taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

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Image Source: field-notes taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: the cut-off section visible here [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of basin - underbowl - east side

Scene Description: one pattern of painting visible on this part of the underbowl; also the damage probably caused by the 1938 fire

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of basin - west side

Scene Description: the damage (1938 fire) and the traces of paint visible on this side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church

Scene Description: the exterior and interior of the Ala church after the 1938 fire

Image Source: digital photograph of a posted panel at Ala Kyrka; taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

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view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: now the main entrance to the church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: left (west) side; St Peter?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: left (west) side; St. Peter and bishop?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: left (west) side; bishop?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: right (east) side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: righ (east) side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal

Scene Description: accesses the south side of the chancel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: in 1917

Image Source: B&W photograph taken 1917 by E. Erici, in Riksantikvarieämbetet (RAÄ); reproduced in http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ala_Church,_1917.jpg [accessed 6 September 2012]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: after the 1938 fire

Image Source: B&W photograph taken 1938 by Erik Bohrn, in Riksantikvarieämbetet (RAÄ); reproduced in http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ala_Church_after_the_fire_in_1938.jpg [accessed 6 September 2012]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: in 2006

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2006 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ala_kyrka_view02.jpg] [accessed 6 September 2012]

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view of church interior - chancel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking southwest

Scene Description: the font visible on the right-hand side, just east of the doorway

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - painting

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - painting

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - painting

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - painting

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - painting

Scene Description: portrays a sanctuary door typical of the medieval churches of Gotland

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - window

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - basin and underbowl - west side

Scene Description: traces on paint on both

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - east side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - northwest side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of font - west side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2012 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 05389ALA

Church/Chapel: Ala kyrka

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Gotland, Gotllands län

Directions to Site: Located near Kräklingbo

Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift

Historical Region: Kräklinge ting, Gotlands län

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, by the S doorway

Date: ca. 1250?

Century and Period: 13th century (mid?), Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten

Cognate Fonts: Anga, Kräklingbo No. 1, etc.

Church Notes: church originally from the mid-12thC: "Kyrkan var från början en absidkyrka (vilket innebär att koret avslutas med en halvrund utbyggnad, en absid), byggd på 1100-talet. Cirka 1250 fick kyrkan ett förlängt kor och ett torn i väster. I kyrkan finns två portaler, som är kvar från den äldsta kyrkan, utsmyckade med skulpturer vars mening och syfte idag är okända." (Söderberg, 1978) -- the roof of the church and that of the tower were destroyed by a fire in 1938 [the Riksantikvarieämbetet (RAÄ) has before-and-after photographs of the building]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. IV, hft. 4: 635-636) as a limestone cylindrical mounted baptismal font dated to the middle of the 13th century [NB: SK gives a measurement that includes a plinth; there is no plinth at present]. In Fåhraeus (1974) and Söderberg (1978) with similar date. On-site notes: baptismal font of the plain 'Paradisenfunten' type; the sides of the plain round basin taper in; the conical stem of the base has a roll moulding atop; the lower base splays out and then down with vertical sides. There is piece cut out of the upper rim, perhaps a modification to accommodate a font cover in the past; the basin is cracked horizontally. The outer surface of the basin shows patches of redish paint forming decorative patterns. [NB: the original church dates to the mid-12thC but we have no information of its earlier font].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.419064, 18.6355

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 25′ 8.63″ N, 18° 38′ 7.8″ E

UTM: 34V 357997 6366505

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: three

Font Shape: round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 9 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 66 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 84 cm

Basin Depth: 28-29 cm

Height of Basin Side: 26 cm

Basin Total Height: 40-41 com / 44 cm**

Height of Base: 60 cm

Height of Central Column: 37 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 102 cm

Font Height (with Plinth): 116 cm* [cf. FontNotes]

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site / * [Sveriges Kyrkor gives this measurement including a plinth; there is no plinth at present] / **[Fåhraeus (1974)]

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

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

Söderberg, Bengt G., Kyrkorna på Gotland, Visby: Gotlandskonst AB, 1978