Granhammar nr. Vintrosa
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view of basin
Scene Description: plain except for the single groove around the lower side
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950512F4] [accessed 11 May 2020]
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view of basin
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Image Source: digital image [9506-27.TIF] of an undated drawing in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vintrosa,_Granhammars_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200045712.jpg] [accessed 11 May 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - south view
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Image Source: digital image [9506-6.TIF] of a 1953 B&W photograph by Bertil Waldén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vintrosa,_Granhammars_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200045644.jpg] [accessed 11 May 2020]
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view of church interior - column
Scene Description: from the medieval church of which only ruins and some objects remain
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sören Hallgren / Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet, 1972
Image Source: digital image [9506-26.TIF] od a 1972 B&W photograph taken by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vintrosa,_Granhammars_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200045711.jpg] [accessed 11 May 2020]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05381VIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mellansvensk workshop / verkstad (SHM)
Museum: Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm, inv. nr. 8165
Church / Chapel Name: Granhammarskyrkan [ruins]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Church Notes: ruins of a 12thC church discovered here in 1880s; objects moved to the SHM
Church Address: Granhammarskyrkan / Granhammars kyrkoruin, Östra Granhammar, 719 91 Vintrosa, Sweden
Site Location: Närke, Örebro län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: The ruins of the medieval church are located on "Kyrkberget", in Östra Granhammar, S of the E18, 4-5 km SE of Vintrosa, about 15 km WSW of Örebro and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Strängnäs stift
Historical Region: Närke landskap, Örebro härad, Svealand
Additional Comments: disappeared base: only the basin remains / disused font (in a museum)
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in by Roosval in Roosval (1917) as the surviving cylindrical basin of a baptismal font made of "kristallinisk urkalksten eller marmor" in the late-13thC . Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Närke (Bd. I, hft. 6: 874) as the limestone cylindrical basin from a Romanesque baptismal font dated probably to the 12th century; the SK gives the location of this basin, and of two other pieces from this church, as the SHM, in Stockholm, and the inventory number as "inv nr 8165" for the three of them. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950512F4] as the basin of a "mellansvensk verkstad" baptismal font made of limestone in the early-13th century; moved to the Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm. The basin is plain but for a single groove all around at the botom of the basin side.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 498457 6563033
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 59.206375, 14.972981
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 59° 12′ 22.95″ N, 14° 58′ 22.73″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one (base missing)
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 8 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 54 cm* / 55 cm**
Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm* / 74 cm** / 70 cm***
Basin Depth: 26 cm*
Basin Total Height: 44 cm* / ***
Notes on Measurements: * Roosval (1917: 68) / ** Sveriges kyrkor: Närke (Bd. I, hft. 2: 250) / *** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950512F4]
REFERENCES
- Lundberg, Erik, Sveriges kyrkor: Närke, Stockholm: Generalstabens litografiska anstalts förlag (1939-1961); Almqvist & Wiksell (1970-1972), 1939-1972, Bd. I, hft. 2: 244, 250; Bd. I, hft. 6: 874, 875, 877
- Mehling, Franz N., Spain: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985, p. 67-68, fig. 92