Visby No. 11

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design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis

Scene Description: the fleur-de-lis on Gotland medieval art appears to have German connections

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2018 by BSI

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: appears to be part of the basin stone; the two pieces of the base are probably a modern replacement

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2018 by BSI

design element - motifs - semicircle

Scene Description: a row of, all around

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2018 by BSI

information

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2018 by BSI

information

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: part of the tower?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: part of the tower? the stone succumbs to the 'murgröna' [Hedera helix?]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior - portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2018 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "S:t Olof är en kyrkobyggnad (ruin) i Visby i Visby stift. Den finns i Botaniska trädgården (Botan) i Visby på Gotland."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2015 by Helen Simonsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankt_Olofs_kyrkoruin_Visby_52_1_Botan_Gotland.jpg] [accessed 16 June 2018]

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view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: one of the pillars of the nave, close to the tower?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: tower space?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: tower space?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: tower space?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2018 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: probably the remains of one of the arcades separating the nave from an aisle

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2018 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2018 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: located in the Botanical Gardens, near the ruins of St. Olof's

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2018 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: located in the Botanical Gardens, near the ruins of St. Olof's

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2018 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 21758VIS

Church/Chapel: S:ky Olofs byrkoruin

Church Patron Saints: St. Olaf [aka Olaf II Haraldsson, Óláfr Haraldsson, Olav, Olav Haraldsson, Olave, Olof]

Church Location: Strandgatan, Visby, 621 55 Gotland, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 70 447 72 60

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Gotland, Gotlands län

Directions to Site: Located in the historic centre of Visby, in the Botaniska Trädgården, towards the waterfront

Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift

Font Location in Church: outside, in the DBW's Botanical Garden, near the runs of St. Olof;s church

Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic

Church Notes: church ca. 1102 (according to Saxo G) or ca. 1240

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The ruins of the church of St. Olof are now surrounded by DBW Botaniska Trädgården of Visby; a few yards from the ruins, exposed to the elements, stands a stone baptismal font slowly crumbling and being eaten away by lichen and moss; the square basin, its sides decorated with semi-circles and with a band of fleurs-de-lis around the underbowl, appears to be original; a roll moulding decorates the lower end where the basin meets the cylindrical stem; the lower base is square and, like the stem, is plain and probably a modern replacement. [NB: we were not able able to confirm that this font belonged originally to St. Olof's].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.642994, 18.293842

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 38′ 34.78″ N, 18° 17′ 37.83″ E

UTM: 34V 338478 6392188

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: square

Drainage Notes: no lining

Notes on Measurements: [measruments not taken]