Baarn No. 1 / Baerne / Barne

***THERE APPEARS TO BE AN UNRESOLVED PROBLEM WITH THE BAARN BAPTISMAL FONT, WHICH AT TIMES APPEARS TO BE REPORTED IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH YET AT OTHERS IN THE REFORMED CHURCH*** WE ARE ENTERING ALL THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON VISUAL DOCUMENTS IN BOTH RECORDS FOR NOW*** THE FONT IS SHOWN IN 1727 OUTSIDE THE CHURCH, AT THE FRONT, AS A CATCH BASIN FOR DRAIN WATER BUT IT APPEARS TO HEVE ONLY HALF OF THE BASIN; IT WAS LATER INSTALLED INSIDE THE CHURCH, WITH ONLY ONE HALF OF THE BASIN, AS PHOTOS ILLUSTRATE; THE MISSING HALF WAS DUG OUT IN 1975 AND THE FONT WAS RESTORED IN 1976, NOW COMPLETE*** Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with rounded sides and underbowl; its present location, it was placed in its present location in 1926, The entry for the H. Nicolaas Baarn church in the ParochieNet [https://parochienet-nl.translate.goog/nicbaarn/] [accessed 11 November 2022] has a rather confusing entry as it describes the font in Pauluskerk: "Doopvont. In die eerste Nicolaaskerk stond al vanaf de bouw in de 14 de eeuw de doopvont die nu nog in deze kerk, thans Pauluskerk geheten, staat. Beter gezegd: die er weer staat na de verwijdering bij de reformatie en de vondsten in 1888 en 1975. Het is een achthoekig doopvont, versierd met vier koppen, vermoedelijk het symbool van de vier stromen van het paradijs: Tigris, Eufraat, Nijl en Ganges." [Engl. translation =]: "Baptismal font The baptismal font that is still in this church, now called the Pauluskerk, has stood in that first Nicolaaskerk since its construction in the 14th century. Or rather, it stands again after its removal during the Reformation and the finds in 1888 and 1975. It is an octagonal baptismal font, decorated with four heads, presumably the symbol of the four streams of paradise: Tigris, Euphrates, Nile and Ganges."