Levide No. 2

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Results: 52 records

design element - architectural - arch-head - round

design element - motifs - floral or foliage

Scene Description: painted on

design element - motifs - floral or foliage

Scene Description: painted on

design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: painted on

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view of basin - upper view

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view of basin - upper view

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view of basin - upper view

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view of basin - upper view

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view of church exterior - apse - detail

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view of church exterior - apse - detail

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view of church exterior - apse - north side

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view of church exterior - north view - detail

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view of church exterior - north view - detail

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view of church exterior - northeast end

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view of church exterior - northeast view

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: showing the two south portals

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view of church exterior - southeast end

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view of church exterior - southwest end

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view of church exterior - southwest portal

Scene Description: opening into the nave

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view of church exterior - southwest portal

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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 - 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 - detail

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view of church exterior - tower - portal

view of church exterior - tower - portal

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view of church exterior - tower - portal

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view of church exterior - tower - portal

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view of church exterior - tower - portal

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view of church exterior - tower - west portal

Scene Description: opening into the tower space

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view of church exterior - tower - west portal - detail

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view of church exterior - tower - west portal - detail

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view of church exterior - tower - west portal - detail

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view of church exterior - tower - west portal - detail

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view of church exterior - tower - west portal - detail

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view of church exterior - tower - west portal - detail

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view of font

view of font

Scene Description: the mid-17thC font

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view of font

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view of font in context

Scene Description: by the north side of the tower arch

INFORMATION

FontID: 05652LEV
Church/Chapel: Levide kyrka
Church Location: Levide, 623 53 Hemse, Gotland, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Gotland, Gotlands län
Directions to Site: Located about 5 km W of Fardhem
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift -- Levide församling
Historical Region: Fardhems ting, Gotlands län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, near the organ
Date: 1662
Century and Period: 17th century(mid), Baroque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: painted by Johan Bartsch the Elder?
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified, expanded 13th, 17thC
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. VII, hft. 4: 72, 73, 107) as a sandstone baptismal font dated to the middle of the 17th century; it has a small hemispherical basin and a tall vase-shaped base and is raised on a little square plinth. The font was painted in 1662, probably by Johan Bartsch the Elder and bears an inscription with the names of the donors, H. Peder Brianth and Ane Mortens. On-site notes: the painted polychromatic ornamentation is mostly foliage/floral, and only on the basin sides; there is an arcade of thick arches and a moulding above it; the rest of the painting is inside the arches and in the spandrels; there is an inscription with the names and dates painted in black lettering on the upper surface of the rim; the bulbous base is unpainted, with shallow carved panels; the initials carved on the bottom of the inner basin are the artist's.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.282167, 18.266472
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 16′ 55.8″ N, 18° 15′ 59.3″ E
UTM: 34V 335229 6352104

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 8.5 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 39 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 56 cm
Basin Depth: 7-10 cm
Basin Total Height: 26 cm
Height of Base: 62 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm [includes lower base]
Font Height (with Plinth): 119 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Swedish
Inscription Location: on the basin
Inscription Text: "Gud Til aere oc Kirchen Til Prydelse Af. H. Peder Brianth oc Ane Mortens. D. 1662"
Inscription Source: Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. VII, hft. 4: 72-73)

REFERENCES

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