Suderbys
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Berggren, 2002
Image Source: Bergren (2002: pl. 20)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09161SUD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: [not in a church]
Font Location in Church: [unfinished font or stoup found in a quarry]
Church Address: Suderbys, Visby, Sweden
Site Location: Gotland, Gotlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: The Suderbys quarry is located off road 140, near Bro, 10 km NE of Visby
Additional Comments: unfinished font or stoup -- have photo
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Bergren (2002: 172 and pl. 20) as a "nearly finished holy water or font bowl abandoned in a quarry", found in Suderbys, near Visby, the capital of Gotland. The object, much encrusted with lichens, appears roughly hemispherical and has a moulding carved around the upper rim. [cf., for instance, Index entries for Sæbø and Langå for other examples of unfinished fonts]
COORDINATES
UTM: 34V 333410 6384824
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.575083, 18.214117
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 34′ 30.3″ N, 18° 12′ 50.82″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Berggren, Lars, "The Export of Limestone and Limestone Fonts from Gotland during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries", 2002