Hauho in Hämeenlinna
Image copyright © John Blair, 2007
Photograph and permission received
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Blair, 2007
Image Source: photograph supplied by John Blair, of Queen's College, Oxford, 31 July 2007
Copyright Instructions: Photograph and permission received
view of basin - interior - drain
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Blair, 2007
Image Source: photograph supplied by John Blair, of Queen's College, Oxford, 31 July 2007
Copyright Instructions: Photograph and permission received
view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: the present church is late-18thC; the detached bell tower was added in 1811
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antti Bilund, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 June 2009 by Antti Bilund [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hauho_church_1_AB.jpg] [accessed 23 August 2017]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0
view of church interior - painting
Scene Description: a disappeared early-16thC (?) painting from the old church of Hauho, itself also disappeared
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Kari Tarkiainen's Sveriges Österland (2008: 277) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kristus_frestas_av_djävulen_Hauho_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 23 August 2017]
Copyright Instructions: PD
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13069HAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1500-1520?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Hauhon kirkko / Hauhokirkja
Font Location in Church: Inside the modern church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Notes: present church 1780s; earlier church believed to be from 1500-1520, but an even earlier church must have existed in its place, as some of the surviving artifacts are said to be medieval
Church Address: new church: Danielson-Kalmarintie 2, Hauho, Hämeenlinna, Finland
Site Location: Häme, Hämeen lääni / Tavastehus län, Finland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on route 12, off the E12,20 km N of Hämeenlinna (and part of its municipality since January 2009), N of Helsinki
Historical Region: Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland
Additional Comments: paint: the font is brightly painted
Font Notes:
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Wooden stand or font of the type designed to be used in conjunction with a [usually metal] separate basin. It is probably from the early-16th century church that was replaced by the present one. Noted and illustrated by Pentti Zetterberg, in the Laboratory of Dendrochronology, University of Joensuu [http://forest.uef.fi/penttizetterberg/kohteet.esineet.html] [accessed 31 August 2017]: "Hauhon kirkon kastealtaan jalustan dendrokronologinen tutkimus F9H0602. Dendrokronologian laboratorio, ajoitusseloste 255."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Blair, of Queen's College, Oxford, for the information on, and photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 35V 368901 6784414
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: wood
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole with side exit
Drainage Notes: carved in the wooden basin interior