Ostergarn / Östergarn

Results: 15 records

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angel - cherub - 4

Scene Description: at 90-degree angles of the lower base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

coat of arms - monogram - Christian IV (king of Sweden)

Scene Description: on the south side of the basin -- the symbol had been temporarily replaced by that of Karl XII [cf. Font notes details]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: very low-relief, all around the basin sides

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

information

Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - altar and retable

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - sacristy - doorway

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - sacristy - doorway - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - pulpit and sounding board

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - retable

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

view of font - south side

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view of font - southeast side

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view of font - west side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2018 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 05390GAR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Östergarns kyrka

Church Location: Östergarn, 623 68 Katthammarsvik, Sweden -- Tel.:: +46 498 500 31

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Gotland, Gotlands län

Directions to Site: Located off (E) highway 146, 1-2 km SE of Katthammarsvik, on the eastern shore of the island, about 45 km ESE of Visby

Ecclesiastic Region: Visby Stift, Östergarns församling

Historical Region: Kräklinge ting, Gotlands län

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the chancel arch, N side

Century and Period: 17th century(early)

Church Notes: original church 13thC

Font Notes: Click to view

Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. IV, hft. 5: 676-677) as an early-17th century sandstone baptismal font; the basin is hemispherical with a protruding-lip rim; the sides are ornamented with a low-relief ribbed pattern, with a symbol on the front: a crown over a large "C" containing the digit "4", identified in the source (ibid.) as the royal symbol for king Christian IV (the same source informs that the digit "4" had been painted over until 1935 with the Roman numerals "XII" for king Karl XII. The pedestal base has a round stem and a slightly conical lower base (the top is a little wider than the bottom) ornamented with four large high-relief cherubs. The font was painted grey, red, gold and black in the 1700s.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.421778, 18.858747

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 25′ 18.4″ N, 18° 51′ 31.49″ E

UTM: 34V 371411 6366363

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Number of Pieces: three?

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 11.5 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 44 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 67 cm */ 67 cm**

Basin Depth: 8 cm*

Basin Total Height: 42 cm*

Height of Base: 49 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 91 cm* / 92 cm**

Font Height (with Plinth): 116 cm* [two plinths]

Notes on Measurements: *BSI on-site / **Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. IV, hft. 5: 676)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers

Inscription Notes: [cf. Font notes for details]

Inscription Location: basin front side

Inscription Text: "4"

Inscription Source: Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. IV, hft. 5: 676)

REFERENCES

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