Mietoinen / Mietois
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Scene Description: as displayed in the National Museum of Finland
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Scene Description: as displayed in the National Museum of Helsinki; the wooden font next to it is originally from Vesilahti
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Scene Description: museum label
INFORMATION
Font ID: 18169MIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2012-08-12
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: similar to basic models of Gotland's paradise font
Museum: Kansallis Museo / National Museum, Helsinki
Church / Chapel Name: Mietoisten kirkko
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Previous Font Location(s): Mietoisten kirkko
Church Address: Kirkkotie 104, 23120 Mietoinen, Finland -- Tel.: +358 2 4308476
Site Location: Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland, Finland, Europe
Directions to Site: Mietoinen is located off (W) Hwy 1930, in the municipality and about 5 km SW of Mynämäki, 25-30 km NW of Turku
Additional Comments: disused font (in a museum) / damaged font: both basin and base are badly damaged
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a plain hemispherical basin raised on a a round pedestal base decorated with a roll moulding at the top of the base. Considerable damage showing on both parts of the font. The font is originally from the church in Mietoinen, in the Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland region, now [12 August 2012] in the National Museum of Helsinki.
COORDINATES
UTM: 34V 550389 6721752
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 60.628413, 21.920926
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 60° 37′ 42.29″ N, 21° 55′ 15.34″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round