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The oldest part is the nave and the base of the tower, while the youngest part is the large chancel. "Youngest" is not how I would describe age in an inanimate object.
The church contains wall paintings from c. 1200 in Russo-Byzantine style, almost unique in Sweden. How is something "almost unique"?
Fixed I changed it to "unique" only. There are a few fragments of other Russo-Byzantine paintings in one or two other churches on Gotland, that's why I wanted to qualify it. But reflecting on it, I think for all intents and purposes, the murals in Garde can reasonably be described as unique. Yakikaki (talk) 09:58, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
built, probably Everything highlighted here after "built" can be removed without loss in quality.
The two storeys above have been used as a granary for storing the church tithe for a long time. The last time the lychgate was used as a granary was in 1917. Combine and reduce.
Fixed What about this solution? The last time it was used as a granary, it was not used to store the tithe, you see. Just as a random granary. Yakikaki (talk) 13:09, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The lychgate, one of the largest medieval lychgates in Sweden, probably dates from the first half of the 13th century. Move to the beginning of the description of this lychgate, combine with the first sentence, and reduce.
It is also possibly that the roof trusses of the present church originally comes from a presumed earlier wooden church. There are a couple grammar hiccups here.
It was probably built during the middle of the 12th century, perhaps begun around 1130. Just use the latter. It is better to be specifically vague than vaguely vague.
the tower was heightened to its current height [...] the earlier chancel was also replaced by the current, disproportionately large chancel and sacristy. Delete the "also" here; the tower wasn't replaced. Replacing "heightened" with "raised" would also make the first part read better.
The entire church is whitewashed, except the portals, the corners of the chancel, nave and tower, and the plinths of the tower and the chancel Axe "entire".
The capitals are decorated with plant ornaments with faint traces of original paint;[17] once the entire portal was probably painted. Delete the text after the semicolon.
No original stained glass remains in the church, though the chancel windows still contained medieval stained glass panes as late as the 1860s. Shorten.
The entire nave was probably originally decorated with mural paintings. The majority of these are either entirely lost, or survive only in fragments on the walls of the nave. Shorten.
These are Russo-Byzantine in style, [...] They are almost unique in Sweden. ...Are there other examples in Sweden?
It has been suggested that there is a relationship with fragmentary paintings in Källunge and Havdhem churhes, but otherwise no comparative paintings exist in Sweden. Ah. Oh, and "comparative" should be "comparable".
Changed to "Several efforts have been made to identify from where the stylistic influences of these murals may come, and to speculate about the origins or identity of the artist who made them." It's longer but perhaps clearer? Yakikaki (talk) 13:18, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
an artist or workshop known by the notname Byzantios, who made several Romanesque baptismal fonts influenced by Byzantine art on Gotland. Seems there was more than one Orthodox-inspired artist active on Gotland. If this was common, it's worth bringing up in the discussion about the Russo-Byzantine mural.
Probably not; even Western art at this time was Byzantine-esque. But I cut out everything after Byzantios since it perhaps serves more to confuse than to elucidate here. There's a discussion about possible influences in the style of Byzantios at that wiki-page. Yakikaki (talk) 12:45, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
probably made around 1200 [...] probably from the 18th century Try a "likely" in the latter example here instead of "probably".
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Fixed Changed to "most recently constructed". Yakikaki (talk) 09:58, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
Removed Yakikaki (talk) 09:58, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
