Nousiainen / Nousis

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view of church exterior - northeast view

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view of church interior - monument

Scene Description: Source caption: "Picture of the so-called cruisade of saints Henry and Eric to Finland. From the sarcophagus of Henry in the church of Nousiainen." -- notice the adult baptismal scene in the foreground, left side; the copper plates are said to have been added by Magnus II Tavast in the 15th century

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view of church interior - monument - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Picture of the so-called cruisade of saints Henry and Eric to Finland. From the sarcophagus of Henry in the church of Nousiainen." -- notice the adult baptismal scene in the foreground, left side; the copper plates are said to have been added by Magnus II Tavast in the 15th century

view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of church interior - statue - St. James the Greater

Scene Description: now [August 2012] in the National Museum, Helsinki; the museum label describes it as the work of the master of Lieto, ca. 1320-1330

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2012 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: a baptismal font of stone is visible here at the far [east] end, right [south] side, behind the pulpit; the basin is modern but the round pedestal base appears old

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INFORMATION

FontID: 18170NOU
Church/Chapel: Nousis kyrka / Nousiaisten kirkko
Church Patron Saints: St. Henry [earlier dedicated to St. Mary]
Church Location: Kirkkotie 210 / Pappilantie 23, 21270 Nousiainen, Finland
Country Name: Finland
Location: Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland
Directions to Site: Located 7 km NNE of Masku, 20 km NNW of Turku
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 14th century [base only?] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church Notes: church here documented 1232, probably a wooden church dedicated to St. Mary that could be as early as the 11thC [graveyard remains]; present church of 1420-1430 dedicated to St. Henry, first bishop of Finland;
The present font appears composite: the plain roughly hemispherical basin is new but the round pedestal base with a moulding at the top end could be early.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 60.616111, 22.128333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 60° 36′ 58″ N, 22° 7′ 42″ E
UTM: 34V 561760 6720559

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round