Gingri
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Gingri Kyrkoruin" -- the medieval parish church of Gringi was demolished 1862; the site was excavated 1928 and a new belfry erected in 1937 on the site; the site is kept but Gringi church was not re-built as the new church in Fristad replaced both old ones
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 23046GIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Gingri kyrka [demolished]
Font Location in Church: the font is located in the ruins of the demolished church of Fristad
Church Notes: the medieval parish church of Gringi was demolished 1862; the site was excavated 1928 and a new belfry erected in 1937 on the site; the site is kept but Gringi church was not re-built as the new church in Fristad replaced both old ones
Church Address: Gingri kyrkoplats, 513 95 Borås, Sweden
Site Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located E of highway 42, 2 km SE of Fristad, in the municipality and NE of Borås
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Ås härad / Älvsborgs län
Additional Comments: disused font (from the medieval church, now demolished; the font stands as an outdoors ornament in the former churchyard of the demolished church of Fristad)
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hallbäck (1966). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920612F3] as the surviving baptismal font from the medieval church of Gringi, of which only the 13th-century sandstone hemispherical basin is original, a regional work; the SHM forther notes that the font is now [2003] located in the site of the demolished parish church of Fristad [="funten är placerad i Fristads kyrkoruin"].
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.80870758, 13.04909394
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 66 cm*
Basin Total Height: 40 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 75 cm* [cf. FontNotes]
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920612F3]
REFERENCES
- Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966, p. 150