Ostergarn / Östergarn
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view of font - west side
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view of font - southeast side
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view of font - south side
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view of basin - interior
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design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: very low-relief, all around the basin sides
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symbol - shield - 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]
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view of church interior - pulpit and sounding board
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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view of church interior - chancel - detail
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view of church interior - altar and retable
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view of church interior - chancel - sacristy - doorway - detail
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view of church interior - chancel - sacristy - doorway
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view of church interior - retable
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angel - cherub - 4
Scene Description: at 90-degree angles of the lower base
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information
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05390GAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2018-05-26
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early)
Church / Chapel Name: Östergarns kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the chancel arch, N side
Church Notes: original church 13thC
Church Address: Östergarn, 623 68 Katthammarsvik, Sweden -- Tel.:: +46 498 500 31
Site Location: Gotland, Gotlands län, Sweden, Europe
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
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 34V 371411 6366363
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.421778, 18.858747
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 25′ 18.4″ N, 18° 51′ 31.49″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: none
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 Location: basin front side
Inscription Text: "4"
Inscription Notes: [cf. Font notes for details]
Inscription Source: Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. IV, hft. 5: 676)
REFERENCES
- Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990, Bd. IV, hft. 5: 676-677