Nousiainen / Nousis
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2007 by Lehmankukka [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nousiaisten_kirkko.JPG] [accessed 2 September 2012]
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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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Image Source: digital image [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henrik_Cruisade_Nousiainen.JPG] [accessed 6 September 2017]
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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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Niera, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 July 2017 by Niera [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nousiainen_Church,_interior.jpg] [accessed 6 September 2017]
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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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Niera, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 5 July 2017 by Niera [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nousiainen_Church,_interior.jpg] [accessed 6 September 2017]
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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