# Sigraf

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{{Short description|Romanesque stone sculptor}}
[[File:Grötlingbo kyrka dopfunt.jpg|thumb|Baptismal font attributed to Master Sigraf in [Grötlingbo church](/source/Gr%C3%B6tlingbo_church), [Gotland](/source/Gotland) ([Sweden](/source/Sweden)).]]
'''Sigraf''' (also '''Sighraf''', '''Sighrafr''', fl. c.1175&ndash;1210) was a [Romanesque](/source/Romanesque_art) stone sculptor, working on [Gotland](/source/Gotland). He was mainly active as a sculptor of [baptismal font](/source/baptismal_font)s, but also of [reliquaries](/source/Reliquary), carved [pillar](/source/Column)s and [relief](/source/relief)s. He was the most productive of several early medieval stone sculptors making baptismal fonts on Gotland.<ref name="signum">{{cite book |last= Svanberg|first= Jan|language=sv|title= Signums svenska konsthistoria. Den romanska konsten.|year= 1995|publisher= Signum förlag|location= Lund|isbn= 91-87896-23-0|page=205}}</ref>

==Works==
Unusually, this early medieval master stone sculptor is known by name since he has signed one of the fonts attributed to him (in [Aa Church](/source/Aa_Church), on [Bornholm](/source/Bornholm) island in [Denmark](/source/Denmark)) with [runes](/source/runes), ''Sighraf Master''. He was active on Gotland island, working in local [sandstone](/source/sandstone) and making inscriptions in [Old Gutnish](/source/Old_Gutnish). The works of his atelier were exported to several places around the [Baltic Sea](/source/Baltic_Sea), and he seems to have been the first sculptor of Romanesque fonts on Gotland to focus mainly on export, possibly because his home market was beginning to become satisfied. He was trained locally and his oeuvre displays similarities with earlier stone sculptors from Gotland, e.g. [Semi-Byzantios](/source/Semi-Byzantios) and [Majestatis](/source/Majestatis).<ref name="signum"/> His style is classical Romanesque with [Norse](/source/Viking_Age_art) influences.<ref name="amanda">{{cite web |url= http://www.lexikonettamanda.se/show.php?aid=19468|title= Konstnärslexikonett Amanda|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher= kultur1|access-date=July 20, 2013}}</ref>

Sigraf has been identified as the creator of 23 baptismal fonts,<ref name="signum"/> including those in [Silte](/source/Silte_church), [Bro](/source/Bro_church%2C_Gotland), [Eke](/source/Eke_Church), [Grötlingbo](/source/Gr%C3%B6tlingbo_church), [Lau](/source/Lau_Church) churches, all on Gotland, as well as [Hannas](/source/Hannas_church) and [Hammenhög](/source/Hammenh%C3%B6g) churches, [Scania](/source/Scania); [Brunflo](/source/Brunflo) church, [Jämtland](/source/J%C3%A4mtland); [Mo](/source/Mo_church%2C_Sweden) church, [Hälsingland](/source/H%C3%A4lsingland); [Skogs-Tibble](/source/Skogs-Tibble_church) and [Knivsta](/source/Knivsta) churches, [Uppland](/source/Uppland); [Locknevi](/source/Locknevi_church)<ref name="Swartling">{{cite web |url= http://samla.raa.se/xmlui/bitstream/handle/raa/2147/1971_275.pdf?sequence=1|title= En Sighraf-funt i Locknevi kyrka|last1= Swartling|first1= Ingrid|language=sv|publisher= Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research|access-date=July 20, 2013}}</ref><ref name="svuppb">{{cite web |url= http://svenskuppslagsbok.se/tag/sighraf/|title= Locknevi, socken|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher= Svensk uppslagsbok (1955)|access-date=July 20, 2013}}</ref> church, [Småland](/source/Sm%C3%A5land); [Tingstad](/source/Tingstad_church) church, [Östergötland](/source/%C3%96sterg%C3%B6tland); [Mölln, Schleswig-Holstein](/source/M%C3%B6lln%2C_Schleswig-Holstein); [St. Bendt's Church, Ringsted](/source/St._Bendt's_Church%2C_Ringsted) and possibly others.<ref name="signum"/><ref name="amanda"/>

==See also==
* [Byzantios](/source/Byzantios)
* [Calcarius](/source/Calcarius_(sculptor))
* [Hegvald](/source/Hegvald)
* [Majestatis](/source/Majestatis)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Master Sigraf}}

Category:Romanesque artists
Category:12th-century sculptors
Category:13th-century sculptors
Category:12th-century Swedish people
Category:13th-century Swedish people
Category:Anonymous artists

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