Hammarland

Image copyright © Åsa Ringbom, 2012

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Åsa Ringbom, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph by Åsa Ringbom (2012) in Kyrkor.ax [www.kyrkor.ax/kyrkor/hammarlands-kyrka/] [accessed 12 September 2017]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Åsa Ringbom, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph by Åsa Ringbom (2012) in Kyrkor.ax [www.kyrkor.ax/kyrkor/hammarlands-kyrka/] [accessed 12 September 2017]

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design element - patterns - ribbed

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Åsa Ringbom, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph by Åsa Ringbom (2012) in Kyrkor.ax [www.kyrkor.ax/kyrkor/hammarlands-kyrka/] [accessed 12 September 2017]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hammarland church seen from the main gate, Åland, Finland, 14th century stone church".

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 September 2001 by BluePuddle [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hammarlandin_kirkko.JPG] [accessed 12 September 2017]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Åsa Ringbom, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph by Åsa Ringbom (2012) in Kyrkor.ax [www.kyrkor.ax/kyrkor/hammarlands-kyrka/] [accessed 12 September 2017]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21498HAM
Church/Chapel: Hammarlands kyrka / S:ta Catharina kyrka i Hammarland / Hammarlandin Pyhän Katariina Aleksandrialaisen kirkko
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Church Location: Hammarlandsvägen 1751-1769, Hammarland 22240, Åland, Finland -- Tel.: +358 18 36029
Country Name: Finland
Location: Ahvenanmaa / Åland
Directions to Site: Located off (N) highway 1, NNE of Hellesby, E of Eckerö, on Åland
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Borgå / Borgå Stift / Porvoon hiippakunta
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Early Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten?
Church Notes: late-13thC (?) church
Baptismal font of the 'Paradisenfunten' type from Gotland, but noted below as being made of local Ålandic limestone. Noted and illustrated in Hiekkanen (2007) with date in the 13th century. Noted and illustrated in Åsa Ringbom's 2012 entry for this church in Kyrkor.ax [www.kyrkor.ax/kyrkor/hammarlands-kyrka/] [accessed 12 September 2017]: "En s.k. paradisfunt av åländsk ordovicisk kalksten, från senare hälften av 1200-talet." The font has now a metal reinforcement around in the scotia that circles below the upper rim.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 60.217778, 19.745
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 60° 13′ 4″ N, 19° 44′ 42″ E
UTM: 34V 430462 6676326

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Hiekkanen, Markus, Suomen Keskiajan Kivikirkot, Helsinki: SKS (Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Sura, 2007