Eksta No. 2
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U/B: design element - motifs - geometric
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view of font
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view of basin - upper view
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view of basin - upper view
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inscription
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view of basin - interior
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view of basin - upper view
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design element - motifs - geometric
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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail
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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail
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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail
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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail
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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail
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view of church exterior - southeast portal
Scene Description: opening into the chancel
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view of church exterior - south view - detail
Scene Description: showing the two portals
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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail
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view of church exterior - southeast portal
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view of church exterior - south view - detail
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view of church exterior - north portal
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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 exterior - north view
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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail
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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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view of church interior - door
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view of church interior - altar and retable
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view of church interior - font and pulpit
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view of church interior - pulpit
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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view of church interior - chancel
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information
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05656EKS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2012-08-21; 2018-05-24
Font Date: 1642
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid), Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Masters Gertt & Smitt
Cognate Fonts: Many other fonts of the same style on Gotland
Church / Chapel Name: Eksta kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, beneath the pulpit
Site Location: Gotland, Gotlands län, Sweden, Europe
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
Additional Comments: painted font
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 34V 331630 6352739
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.286556, 18.206417
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 17′ 11.6″ N, 18° 12′ 23.1″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
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 Location: on the upper rim surface
Inscription Text: "G [trademark] S 164Z"
Inscription Notes: The initials and the trademerk are believed to be those of masters Gertt and Smitt, the font makers
Inscription Source: Sveriges kyrkor (volym 178, Gotland: 56) ['cf. Images area]
REFERENCES
- Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990, volym 178: 56-57, 78