Hale-Tang No. 2 / Tang / Hale-Tang / Håle-Täng / Täng / Thäng
Results: 4 records
animal - mammal - lion - passant
Scene Description: only one is visible here
view of font
Scene Description: medieval baptismal font in the new parish church of Håle-Täng, said to be originally from the demolished medieval church at Täng
view of font in context
Scene Description: medieval baptismal font in the new parish church of Håle-Täng, said to be originally from the demolished medieval church at Täng
view of font in context
Scene Description: medieval baptismal font in the new parish church of Håle-Täng, said to be originally from the demolished medieval church at Täng
INFORMATION
FontID: 22792TAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Håle-Tängs kyrka [originally from the demolished Tängs gamla kyrka?]
Church Location: [NB: address and coordinates are for the new church] Håle Sjuberga 7, 467 91 Grästorp, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 514 585 60
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: The new church is located off local road O2584, just S of road 44, SW of Täng, NE of Håle, 12 km NE of Grästorp and in its municipality, about 25 km SW of Lidköping. Coordinates for the old church site are: "58° 24′ 1.8″ N / 12° 48′ 43.92″ E / 58.4005 / 12.8122 / 33V 372142 6475380
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Åse härad
Font Location in Church: Inside Håle-Tängs kyrka [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church Notes: medieval [13thC?] church at Täng restored 1669; demolished ca. 1882; present 1883 church in Håle-Täng replaced the two demolished medieval churches of Håle and Täng
Font Notes:
Click to view
There are two medieval fonts in the present 1883 church in Håle-Täng, both of which are believed to be from the demolished medieval church of Håle and Täng. E.L. Johansson's Tängs gamla kyrka, in Västergötlands fornminnesförenings tidskrift (1956) identifies the font of the Täng old church as being of sandstone and decorated with lions. No entry found for either of these two churches in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld. The present font consitsts of two blocks, basin and base; the basin is roughly cylindrical and decorated with animals [lions?] passant on the sides, while the underbowl is rounded and plain; the base looks suspiciously like an inverted basin, cylindrical with a tall underbowl chamfer and totally plain. [cf. BSI entry for Hale-Tang No. 1 for the second font in this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.393614, 12.795164
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 23′ 37.01″ N, 12° 47′ 42.59″ E
UTM: 33V 371121 6474646
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round