Etelhem No. 2

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05394ETE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late)?, Romanesque
Museum: Statens historiska museum, Stocholm, inv. nr. 25921:1-7
Church / Chapel Name: Originally from Etelhems kyrka
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Church Address: Etelhems Kyrkby 415, Stånga, Sweden
Site Location: Gotland, Gotlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located N of Stånga, about 35 km SSE of Visby [the fragment is in a museum]
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift
Historical Region: Garde ting, Gotlands län
Font Notes:
Described and [one fragment] illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. V, hft. 1: 151,152) as a number of fragments from the basin of a sandstone baptismal font, which were found during the restoration of 1957-1958; believed to be the work of the anonymous Majestatis workshop; the largest fragment is only about 10 x 10 cm and shows the head of reined horse. [cf. Index entry for Etelhem No. 1 for the baptismal font by Hegwald in this same church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 34V 349278 6357728
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.337489, 18.495847
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 20′ 14.96″ N, 18° 29′ 45.05″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990, Bd. V, hft. 1: 151,152