Gann

INFORMATION

FontID: 05353GAN
Church/Chapel: Ganns ödekyrka (in ruins)
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Gotland, Gotllands län
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
Century and Period: 13th century (mid?), Medieval
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: 2-3 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
Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990