Kyrkås nr. Östersund No. 2 / Hjällsjö
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: in a corner at the east end, south side, beneah the pulpit NB: the font is located in the new church rxcept in the summer months, when it is moved to the old church
INFORMATION
Font ID: 22754KYR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1695
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late)
Church / Chapel Name: Kyrkås nya kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: this new church was inaugurated in 1845
Church Address: Lungre 110, 831 91 Östersund, Sweden
Site Location: Jämtland, Jämtlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in Lungre, 3-4 km SE of the E45, 18-20 km ENE of Östersund
Ecclesiastic Region: Härnösands stift
Additional Comments: moved font / moving / itinerant font (the font is moved to the old church in summer, and back to the new church for the rest of the year)
Font Notes:
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Apparently the 1695 baptismal font is kept in the old church [Kyrkås gamla kyrka] only during the summer months, after which it is returned to the new church [Kyrkås nya krka]. The font appears to be made of wood and painted in black and gold; it consists of a hexagonal basin with mouldings all around, and a running inscription in gold lettering all around; twisted slender column as pedestal; hexagonal lower base similar in shape and size to the basin. Matching font cover.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 492745 7010925
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 63.227322, 14.85565
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 63° 13′ 38.36″ N, 14° 51′ 20.34″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: wood
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Swedish
Inscription Location: on the sides of the hexagonal basin
Inscription Text: "OBS / MED - OPS [?] 1695 [?]"
Inscription Notes: painted
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1695?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]