Etelhem No. 2

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B01: animal - mammal - horse - head

a fragment believed to have been part of a basin of a Majestatis font shows the head of a reined horse
Scene Description: a fragment believed to have been part of a basin of a Majestatis font shows the head of a reined horse

INFORMATION

FontID: 05394ETE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)
Museum and Inventory Number: Statens historiska museum, Stocholm
Church/Chapel: Originally from Etelhems kyrka
Church Location: Etelhems Kyrkby 415, Stånga, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Gotland, Gotlands län
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 Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 12th century (late)?, Romanesque
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

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

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

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