Hejnum No. 2
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view of font and cover in context
view of font
design element - motifs - vine
Scene Description: or wavy line
design element - motifs - foliage and fruit
view of font and cover in context - northwest side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 June 2023 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
information
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2025
Image Source: Field notes taken on site by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2025
Image Source: Field notes taken on site by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
human figure - bust - 4
design element - motifs - foliage
design element - motifs - moulding - graded
information
INFORMATION
Font ID: 18530HEJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2013-05-31; 2023-06-04
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Baroque
Cognate Fonts: many such others on Gotland
Church / Chapel Name: Hejnums kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the pulpit
Church Notes: ca. 1200 church; modified mid-13thC; 15thC Passion Master paintings; church restored 1960
Church Address: Hejnum Kyrkebys, 624 38 Tingstäde, Gotland, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 498 22 27 00
Site Location: Gotland, Gotlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road I650, N of county road 147, on the NE side of the island, about 20-25 km ENE of Visby
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift, Väskinde församing
Historical Region: Bäls ting, Gotlands län
Additional Comments: painted font
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of a common type on the island, dating probably from the 17th century; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a round baluster pedestal base, on a round to square lower base. The font is carved and painted over; the basin sides are decorated with a plain vine or line going over and under bunches of fruit on the sides; the baluster stem is decorated with four human busts at 90-degree angles; all remaining spaces are painted with foliage motifs. A wooden cover was on the font on our May 2018 visit to the church; the wooden ornate cover appears to be of the same period as the font, now restored but still extremely fragile. [cf. Index entries for Hejnum No. 1 & 3 for the other fonts in this church].
COORDINATES
UTM: 34V 358799 6395569
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.680167, 18.631972
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 40′ 48.6″ N, 18° 37′ 55.1″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 3-4 cm*
Basin Depth: 10-12 cm*
Basin Total Height: 20-25 cm
Height of Base: 64 / 73 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 89 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 93-96 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site [NB: restricted access to the top or the interior of the basin]
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal with eight wide vertical scroll ribs around a pivot; shields between the ribs; appears to have been restored recently