Gammelgarn No. 2

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05392GAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font2, fragment
Date Visited: 2012-08-23
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Gammelgarns kyrka [fragment]
Site Location: Gotland, Gotlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the eastern shore of the island, 40 km ESE of Visby, SW of Katthammarsvik
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift -- Östergarns församling
Historical Region: Kräklinge ting, Gotlands län
Additional Comments: damaged font / fragments of font basin
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. IV, hft. 5: 757, 763) as a few fragments of a limestone baptismal font basin dated to the 13th century; they were found buried in the nave during the 1956-1958 restoration, and are believed to be what remains of the original basin that would match the 13th-century base on which the later basin now stands; the fragments are ornamented with an arcade filled with stylised foliage (?) motifs. [NB: cf. Index entry for Gammelgarn No. 1 for the composite font made up of a 14th-century Gothic basin, the 13th-century base and a 20th century plinth]. [NB: not seen during our 23 August visit to this church].

COORDINATES

UTM: 34V 368089 6364553
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.404583, 18.804444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 24′ 16.5″ N, 18° 48′ 16″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: fragments of the basin
Font Shape: fragment
Basin Interior Shape: [fragments]
Basin Exterior Shape: fragment

REFERENCES

  • Fåhraeus, Fredrik, "Dopfuntarna, deras tillbehör och placering på Gotland under medeltiden. En inventering.", Stockholm, 1974, p. 37, 55, 57, 85, 116, 122, 134, 139, 140, 167, 169, 203
  • Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990, Bd. IV, hft. 5: 757, 763