Gjol / Gjøl

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view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: showing the centre drain hole

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail - cross in between two lions

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail - portrait of carver chipping stone

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view of church exterior - south portal - side panel - detail - Agnus Dei - Abbot

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view of church exterior - south portal - side panel - detail - angel - Madonna and Child

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church exterior - tombstone

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view of church interior - chancel - ceiling - painting - detail

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view of church interior - chancel - ceiling - painting - detail

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view of church interior - chancel - ceiling - painting - detail - Tree of Jesse

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view of church interior - chancel - ceiling - painting - detail - Tree of Jesse - Jesse sleeping

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view of church interior - chancel and east end

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view of church interior - chancel and east end

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view of church interior - looking west

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view of church interior - monument

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view of church interior - monument

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view of church interior - monument - detail

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view of church interior - retable

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view of church interior - votive ship

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25740GJO

Church/Chapel: Gjøl Kirke

Church Location: Kirkestien 9, Gjøl, 9440 Aabybro, Denmark

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Nordjylland, Jylland

Directions to Site: Located 12 km W of Aalborg, in the municipality of in Jammerbugt, on the N coast of the Limfjord in North Jutland

Ecclesiastic Region: Aalborg Stift

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the corner of the nave

Date: n.d.

Century and Period: 13th - 14th century (?), Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Vendsyssel group [Mackeprang]

Church Notes: church ca. 1150; late-Gothic tower; 1530s mural paintings

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Listed and illustrated in Mackeprang (1941) in his chapter on the Vendsyssel group of granite fonts; it consists of a quatrilobed basin raised on a round pedestal basel the only apparent decoration is the rope patterned centre ring between the two parts.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.06993, 9.71963

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 4′ 11.75″ N, 9° 43′ 10.67″ E

UTM: 32V 543633 6325400

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: quatrefoiled (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: quatrefoil

Basin Exterior Shape: quatrefoil

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 5-6 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 53-63 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 64-74 cm*

Basin Depth: 31 cm*

Basin Total Height: 40 cm*

Height of Base: 50 cm* (30+15+5)

Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site

REFERENCES

Danmarks Kirker, Nationalmuseet i København. Accessed: 2024-12-01 00:00:00. URL: http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk.