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
FontID: 09161SUD
Object Type: Baptismal Font?
Church/Chapel: [not in a church]
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Gotland, Gotllands län
Directions to Site: The Suderbys quarry is located off the 148, near Bro, 10 km NE of Visby
Font Location in Church: [unfinished font or stoup found in a quarry]
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
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]
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