Eksta No. 1
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design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis
Scene Description: three of them appear on the surviving fragment from the basin; they are believed to continue all around the basin side
INFORMATION
FontID: 05654EKS
Object Type: Baptismal Font2 (fragment)
Church/Chapel: Eksta kyrka
Church Location: Eksta, 623 54 Klintehamn, Gotland, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Gotland, Gotlands län
Directions to Site: Eksta is an annex to Klinte, and is about 5 km inland in the southwestern side of the island
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby Stift, Eksta församling
Historical Region: Hablinge ting, Gotlands län
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: 13thC church; re-built 1838; renovated 2010
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor (volym 178, Gotland: p. 56, 57, 78) as two fragments of the basin of a 13th-century baptismal font; one of the fragments shows three fleur-de-lys on a row, probably a pattern repeated all around the basin. A reconstruction of the basin in the same source shows that the fragment would fi on the upper part of the basin, itself of cylindrical or rounded bucket-shape form. The material is a reddish limestone. [see also Index entry Eksta No. 2 for the later, 17th-century, font in this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.286556, 18.206417
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 17′ 11.6″ N, 18° 12′ 23.1″ E
UTM: 34V 331630 6352739
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (reddish colour)
Number of Pieces: 2 fragments
Font Shape: [missing - believed to have been round]
Basin Interior Shape: [missing - believed to have been round]
Basin Exterior Shape: [missing - believed to have been round]
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor (v. 178: 57) suggests an outer diameter of about 64 cm for the basin, based on a reconstruction
REFERENCES
Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990