Gronahog / Grönahög

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Grönahögs kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydväst."

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Image Source: digital image [2234-001.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Tord O:son Nordberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grönahögs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155892.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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view of church exterior - west façade

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2011 by Iia62 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grönahögs_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Grönahögs kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster. Efter restaurering."

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Image Source: digital image [2234-003.tif] of an undated [1960s?] B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grönahögs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155894.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the top of the medieval font is visible at the far [east] end, right [south] side

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2020 ny Kent Olsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grönahögs_kyrkosal.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920607F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920607F1#] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Grönahögs kyrka [...] Dopfunt, kalksten, 1200-talet."

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Image Source: digital image [2234-014.tif] of an undated [1960s?] B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grönahögs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155914.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Grönahögs kyrka [...] Dopfunt, kalksten, 1200-talet."

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Image Source: digital image [2234-015.tif] of a 1954 B&W photograph by Olle Hellström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grönahögs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155915.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23048GRO
Church/Chapel: Grönahögs kyrka
Church Location: Grönahög 107, 523 96 Grönahög, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 321 283 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located W of highway 26, about 30 km SE of Ulricehamn
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stilf [since 2006]
Historical Region: Kinds härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Century and Period: 13th century (mid?), Late Romanesque
Church Notes: medieval church replaced by wooden church in 1662; modified 1748, 1754, 1784, 1795, 1827, 1856, 1884; tower added 1791; renovated 1912, 1928, 1956, 1962; renovated 2005
Noted in Hallbäck (1966) as a baptismal font of ca. 1200 that had been disused for many years but was reinstated in the church in 1956. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920607F1] as a modified 'ciborietyp' baptismal font made of limestone in the mid-13th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.665306, 13.595889
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 39′ 55.1″ N, 13° 35′ 45.2″ E
UTM: 33V 416235 6392316

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 78 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920607F1]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966