Gann
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05353GAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (mid?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Ganns ödekyrka (in ruins)
Site Location: Gotland, Gotlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the north of the island, about 40-50 km north of Visby, near the northern limits of the Bro setting
Historical Region: Forsa ting, Gotlands län
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. II: 89) as the remains of a baptismal font in this church: a basin fragment, a quadrangular plinth and the ground stone on which the font would have stood, to the left of the southwestern entrance on the plan (ibid., pl. 139 on p. 91). Fåhraeus (1974: pl. 204 a-b on p. 166) illustrates the base fragment and uses the same plan as SK (probably taken from it since it is exactly the same).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two-three fragments
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: [probably central, to judge by the remains]
Diameter (includes rim): 59 cm*
Basin Depth: 12 cm*
Basin Total Height: 23 cm*
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. II: 89) -- *[NB: these measurements correspond to the basin fragment]
REFERENCES
- Fåhraeus, Fredrik, "Dopfuntarna, deras tillbehör och placering på Gotland under medeltiden. En inventering.", Stockholm, 1974, p. 161, 165, 166
- Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990, p. 88 and pl. 139 on p. 91