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view of church exterior in context - east view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sandby kyrka / church. Apse. Mörbylånga, Öland."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Håkan Svensson (Xauxa), 2005

Image Source: digital photograph 2 August 2005 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sandby-Apse.jpg] [accessed 18 July 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sandby kyrka. 1860 påbörjade byggmästare Peter Isberg arbetet med uppförandet av Sanby kyrka. Isberg hade själv gjort ritningarna, som bearbetats av Johan Fredrik Åbom vid Överintendentsämbetet. Kyrkan stod färdig 1863 . Kyrkobyggnaden fick ett tidsenlig stil präglad av nyklassicism."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph 3 August 2019 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sandby_kyrka_Exteriör_03.jp] [accessed 18 July 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: showing the medieval font in the southeast corner of the nave

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph 18 July 2014 vy Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sandby_kyrka.Kyrkorummet_från_orgelläktaren.JPG] [accessed 18 July 2021]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: " Sanby kyrka.Den medeltida dopfunten i gotländsk marmor."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph 18 July 2014 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sandby_kyrka.Medeltida_dopfunt.JPG] [accessed 18 July 2021]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sanby kyrka.Den medeltida dopfunten i gotländsk marmor."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph 18 July 2014 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sandby_kyrka.Dopfunt.JPG] [accessed 18 July 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23382SAN
Church/Chapel: Snady kyrka
Church Location: Sandby 207, 386 92 Färjestaden, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Öland, Kalmar län
Directions to Site: Located of the E county road, in Mörbylånga N, in the municipality and about 10 km E of Färjestaden, on Öland
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, in the SE corner of the nave
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Gotland font
According to the entry for this church in SvenskaKyrka [www.svenskakyrkan.se/filer/1111969/Sandby kyrka_folder 190711_klar NYAST.pdf] [accessed 18 July 2021] the 13th-century stone font was imported from Gotland for the old church; disused during the construction of the new church it was relegated to the churchyard, where it stood until 1928 when it was placed in the porch; it was restored for use inside the new church in 1938 [="Den äldsta inventarien i kyrkan är dopfunten som importerades från Gotland i början av 1200-talet. Vid bygget av den nya kyrkan blev den sannolikt flyttad ut på kyrkogården. Den stod länge upp och ner vänd som ”solvisesockel” innan den åter togs in i vapenhuset 1928. Den renoverades 1939 för att sedan få sin nuvarande plats."]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.58069, 16.64111
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 34′ 50.48″ N, 16° 38′ 28″ E
UTM: 33V 600807 6271917

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Gotland)
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Notes on Measurements: Located in the municipality of Mörbylånga, on the island of Öland