Muhos
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Blair, 2007
Image Source: photograph supplied by John Blair, of Queen's College, Oxford, 31 July 2007
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wikipedia.org, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Muhos_church.jpg] [accessed 31 July 2007]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13071MUH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1707
Font Century and Period/Style: 18th century (early?) [basin only] [composite font]
Church / Chapel Name: Muhoksen kirkko
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Notes: wooden church of 1634
Church Address: Kirkkotie 3, 91500 Muhos, Finland -- Tel.: +358 8 5331284
Site Location: Oulun lääni, Finland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on route 22, about 35 km SE of Oulu capital
Historical Region: Northern Ostrobothnia
Additional Comments: disappeared font? the base of the tin basin -- composite font: stand is 19thC
Font Notes:
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Noted in http://www.evl.fi/srk/muhos/Church_2.htm] [accessed 31 July 2007]: "The [wooden] church of Muhos was completed in 1634. It is the third church in the parish. According to tradition the first church was located in Kirkkosaari and the second at Kirkkoniemi, nearer to the shore than the present church. The present church is the oldest wooden church in Finland, which has been preserved almost in its original shape. It is built in the form of a rectangular basilica, a so called buttress church. Torninrakentaja-Hannu (Hannu the Tower Builder) is regarded as the builder of the church [...] The base of the font dates from the middle of the 19th century. It is decorated with eight sculptures of angels heads. The tin basin dates from the year 1707". [NB: we have no information on the earlier stand or font in this church].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Blair, of Queen's College, Oxford, for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 35W 451940 7188283
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 64.815556, 25.987778
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 64° 48′ 56″ N, 25° 59′ 16″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal [basin only], tin [basin only]
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round