Hackas / Hackås

Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, [n.d.]

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Xauxa [Håkan Svensson], 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 August 2010 by Xauxa Håkan Svensson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hackas_kyrka02.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2017

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans Lindqvist, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 June 2016 by Hans Lindqvist [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hackås_kyrka_03.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2017]

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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hackås kyrka (Hov 1:52) uppfördes på 1100-talet. Klockstapeln är från 1752".

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreaze, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 September 2016 by Andreaze [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hackås_kyrka_med_klockstapel.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2017]

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view of font

Scene Description: the 17thC font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, [n.d.]

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Barbro Thörn, in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/057002/images/57002_70608074] [accessed 5 September 2017]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00574HAC
Church/Chapel: Hackås Kyrka
Church Location: Kyrkvägen 11 B, 845 94 Hackås, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 687 555 70
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Jämtland, Jämtlands län
Directions to Site: Located off the Z591, W of the E45
Ecclesiastic Region: Härnösands stift
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1700?
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century,
Church Notes: original wooden church remains discovered in 1972; present church 12thC; expanded 1770s; 13thC murals with legend of St. Margaret; early-17thC paintings; bell tower added 1750s
The present font consists of a roughly cylindrical basin decorated with six angel busts all around; round bulbous pedestal base decorated with floral and foliage motifs; circular lower base with scrolls on the side and ribbed pattern on the top; painted. [NB: this object would score high in an ugly-font contest -- we have no information on the baptismal font of the 12th-century church here]. No entry found for this church in the HSM's Medeltidens bilvärld.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 62.921917, 14.504444
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 62° 55′ 18.9″ N, 14° 30′ 16″ E
UTM: 33V 474832 6976986

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: wood, type unknown
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round