Fardhem No. 1

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information

view of base or plinth

showing the square 12thC(?) stone serving as plinth beneath the later font
Scene Description: showing the square 12thC(?) stone serving as plinth beneath the later font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2023 by BSI

view of font

showing the square 12thC(?) stone serving as plinth beneath the later font
Scene Description: showing the square 12thC(?) stone serving as plinth beneath the later font

INFORMATION

FontID: 21764FAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)
Church/Chapel: Fardhems Kyrka
Church Location: Fardhem, 62352 Hemse, Gotland, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Gotland, Gotlands län
Directions to Site: Located off (N) highway 141, halfway between Levide (NW) and Hemse (SE), on the southern half of the island
Ecclesiastic Region: Visvy Stift, Fardhems församling
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the later font
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Semi-Byzantios (Gotland)?
Cognate Fonts: other works by this workshop?
Font Notes:
Several sources refer to the surviving base of a 12th-century baptismal font "Dopfuntsfot 1100-talet "; they appear to refer to the square stone with a rounded indentation that now supports the later font [cf. ImagesArea]. [NB: no entry found for this fragment in the Medeltidens bildvärld [https://medeltidbild.historiska.se]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.263944, 18.341569
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 15′ 50.2″ N, 18° 20′ 29.65″ E
UTM: 34V 339675 6349897

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone