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INFORMATION
FontID: 18194FID
Church/Chapel: Fide Kyrka
Church Location: Fide, 623 36 Burgsvik, Gotland, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Gotland, Gotlands län
Directions to Site: Located off (E) highway 42, E of the Burgsviken, 7 km NNE of Burgsvik
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift, Hoburgs församling
Historical Region: Hoburgs församling
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Date: 1738
Century and Period: 18th century, Baroque
Cognate Fonts: other such on Gotland
Church Notes: 13thC church
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The present font in this church is of the modern type found on the island: a small roughly hemispherical basin raised on a bulbous pedestal base; the basin sides are decorated with a wavy line containing acanthus vines; the pedestal base has four human heads at 90-degree angles. A painted inscription around the upper rim side of the basin identifies it as the work of Carl-Johan Ivarsson, of 1738 [NB: we have no information on the medieval font of this church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
57.07375,
18.316278
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
57° 4′ 25.5″ N,
18° 18′ 58.6″ E
UTM: 34V 337317 6328794
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, sandstone?
Font Shape: round (baluster-type)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 7 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 42 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 56 cm
Basin Depth: 8-9 cm
Basin Total Height: 22 cm
Height of Base: 64 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 86 cm
Font Height (with Plinth): 94 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site [two measurements taken: 2012, 2018]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: painted around the upper rim side
Inscription Text: [transcription not available] [the work of Carl-Johan Ivarsson, of 1738]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]