Eksta No. 2

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U/B: design element - motifs - geometric

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

design element - motifs - geometric

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

information

Scene Description: posted inside the church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

information

Image Source: field-notes taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

information

Image Source: field-notes taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

information

Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 24 May 2018 by BSI

inscription

Scene Description: [cf. Inscription area]

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inscription

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inscription - detail

Scene Description: [cf. Inscription area]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

inscription - detail

Scene Description: [cf. Inscription area]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of basin - interior

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view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2018 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

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view of church exterior - north portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - north view

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view of church exterior - south 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 portals

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal

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view of church exterior - southeast portal

Scene Description: opening into the chancel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - tower - north side - detail

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view of church exterior - tower - northeast side - detail

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view of church interior - altar and retable

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view of church interior - chancel

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view of church interior - crucifix

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view of church interior - door

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view of church interior - font and pulpit

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the organ and west gallery

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking west

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view of church interior - pulpit

Scene Description: late-17th century pulpit

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2012 by BSI

view of church interior - retable

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view of font

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view of font in context

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view of font in context

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view of font in context - east side

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05656EKS

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eksta kyrka

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Gotland, Gotllands län

Directions to Site: Eksta is an annex to Klinte, and is located 5 km inland, on the SW side of the island

Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift

Historical Region: Hablinge ting, Gotlands län

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, beneath the pulpit

Date: 1642

Century and Period: 17th century(mid), Renaissance

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Masters Gertt & Smitt

Cognate Fonts: Many other fonts of the same style on Gotland

Font Notes: Click to view

Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor (volym 178, Gotland: 56-57, 78) as a mid-17th century baptismal font of the type commonly found on this island: a small hemispherical basin mounted on a baluster-type pedestal and raised on a small square plinth; the font is decorated with Renaissance low-relief motifs painted in blue, black and red. An inscription [cf. Inscription area] on the upper surface of the rim has the date 1642 and the initials GS with a trademark in between; they are believed to belong to Gertt and Smitt, master masons active in the middle of the 17th century in Burgsvik [NB: Burgsvik, on the southern tip of the island, has the main sandstone quarries in Gotland; they have been worked since the Middle Ages until recently]. On-site notes: the font has no drain; we found no font cover present.

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, sandstone

Number of Pieces: three?

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 14-14.5 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 36 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 63-65 cm

Basin Depth: 11 cm

Basin Total Height: 22-25 cm

Height of Base: 80 cm

Height of Central Column: 74 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 102-103 cm

Font Height (with Plinth): 106 cm [some of the plinth appears to be covered by the flooring]

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: The initials and the trademerk are believed to be those of masters Gertt and Smitt, the font makers

Inscription Location: on the upper rim surface

Inscription Text: "G [trademark] S 164Z"

Inscription Source: Sveriges kyrkor (volym 178, Gotland: 56) ['cf. Images area]

REFERENCES

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