Siuntio / Sjundea / Sjundeå

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design element - motifs - unidentified

Scene Description: seen here in the centre side of the stem; what is it?
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 November 2014 by Anna Rydin [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjundeå_kyrka_-_Dopfunt.jpg] [accessed 15 August 2017]
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inscription - partial

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inscription - partial

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © tottosaari.com, 2013
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inscription - partial

Scene Description: on the centre and tight sides of the stem; the left side is blnk
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inscription - partial

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view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © XmaceX, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 July 2007 by XmaceX [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Siuntion_kirkko.jpg] [accessed 15 August 2017]
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view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Siuntio church and bell tower from west".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Xanara, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 April 2017 by Xanara [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Siuntio_church_and_bell_tower_from_west.jpg] [accessed 15 August 2017]
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view of church interior - ceiling - painting

Scene Description: one of the painted vaults in this church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Abc10, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken in September 2011 by Abc10 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Siuntion_kirkko,_katto,_ceiling_01.jpg] [accessed 15 August 2017]
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view of church interior - ceiling - painting

Scene Description: an Evangelist symbol (Mark?)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Abc10, 2011
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anna Rydin, 2014
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view of font

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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anna Rydin, 2014
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INFORMATION

FontID: 12336SJU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Siuntion Pyhän Pietarin kirkko / Sjundeå St Petrus kyrka
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Suitiantie 51, 02570 Siuntio, Finland -- Tel.: +358 9 2561304
Country Name: Finland
Location: Uusimaa / Nyland
Directions to Site: Located between the E18 (N) and road 51 (S), 25 km W of Espoo
Historical Region: Etelä-Suomen Laani, southern Finland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Date: ca. 1550?
Century and Period: 16th century(mid?), Late Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Tomas Tomasson
Church Notes: present church mid-to-late 15thC; early-16thC paintings
Font Notes:
Noted in Tuulse (1949) as a font by Tomas Tomasson of Tallin and dated from 1550. The font consists of three pieces; a round-to-octagonal basin bearing an incised inscription all around; an octagonal stem that has some sides inscribed, one decorated with a motif, and at least one blenk; a splaying lower base some of which sides are also inscribed.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 60.177153, 24.204244
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 60° 10′ 37.75″ N, 24° 12′ 15.28″ E
UTM: 35V 344925 6674424

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round-to-octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: inscriptions incised all over the font; source incomplete; language unknown
Inscription Location: 1.-around the basin sides; 2.-on the stem sides; 3.-on the lower base sides
Inscription Text: 1.- "[...]EBLA SIGGE[...] GRIDDERE[...]" 2.- "[...]TACH[...]" 3.- "[...]OM/ASO[...]
Inscription Source: ImagesArea

REFERENCES

Tuulse, Armin, "Mittlealterliche Taufsteine in Estland", Apophoreta tartuensia: acta universitati tartuensi (dorpatensi) ad diem restitutionis kal. dec. MCMXIX nunc tricesimum celebrandum a professoribus discipulisque eorum in exilio dedicata = Pühendusteos: Eesti Vabriigi Tartu Ülikoolile tema avamise [...], Holmiae = Stockholm: Societas Litterarum Estonica in Svecia = Eesti Teaduslik Selts Rootsis, 1949