Ardre

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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view of basin - interior

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of church exterior - southeast portal

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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church exterior - southwest portal

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view of church exterior - southwest portal - detail

Scene Description: on the left (west) side

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view of church exterior - southwest portal - detail

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view of church exterior - southwest portal - detail

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view of church exterior - southwest portal - detail

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view of church exterior - southwest portal - door - detail

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view of church exterior - southwest portal - door - detail

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view of church exterior - southwest portal - door - detail

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view of church interior - chancel

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view of church interior - detail

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view of church interior - detail

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05393ARD

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Ardre kyrka

Church Location: Ardre kyrkby, 623 66 Ljugarn, Sweden

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Gotland, Gotllands län

Directions to Site: Located on the E shore of the island, about 40 km ESE of Visby

Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift

Historical Region: Gotlands norra härad, Kräklinge ting, Gotlands län

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, S side

Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: ciborietyp [SHM] / Paradise font

Cognate Fonts: Bunge

Church Notes: 13thC church

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Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. IV, hft. 5: 824, 826, 828, 829) as a limestone baptismal font probably dated to the first half of the 13th century (the original church is reported to have been demolished -except for the tower- in the second quarter of the 13th century, which is probably the date to which the baptismal font belongs); the font is of the "Paradise font" type, a quasi-cylindrical mounted design with slightly tapering basin sides ornamented with a blind arcade of round arches; the base has a conical stem with upper ring moulding, and a splayed lower base. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910814F2] as a baptismal font of the 'ciborietyp' made of limestone in the mid-13th century by a Gotland workshop; the SHM entry remarks on the unusual presence of an arcade in this type of font design. On-site notes: the basin shows a horizontal crack all around the top of the arches of the basin sides; it appears to extend right through and the damage was probably caused by water freezing inside the basin. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.3795, 18.6969

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 22′ 46.2″ N, 18° 41′ 48.84″ E

UTM: 34V 361534 6361976

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: three

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 8.5-9 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 60-61 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 78-79 cm* / 78 cm***

Basin Depth: 27-28 cm*

Height of Basin Side: 28-29 cm*

Basin Total Height: 42-43 cm* / 44 cm**

Height of Base: 56-57 cm* / 55 cm**

Height of Central Column: 35 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 99 cm* / ***

Font Height (with Plinth): [plinth is buried in the flooring]

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / * Fåhraeus (1974: 52) / *** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910814F2]

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