Burg op Texel No. 2 / Burg / Den Burg, Texel

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view of font

during its restoration; the darker area is the addition by the restorers
Scene Description: during its restoration; the darker area is the addition by the restorers
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken March 1954 by Slinger, in Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Restant_van_oude_doopvont_-_Burg,_Den_(Texel)_-_20045815_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 5 July 2015]
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view of font

before its restoration
Scene Description: before its restoration
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken March 1954 by Slinger, in Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Restant_van_oude_doopvont_-_Burg,_Den_(Texel)_-_20045815_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 5 July 2015]
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human figure - male - head - bearded - negroid features

before the restoration; there is another head partially visible at the extreme left
Scene Description: before the restoration; there is another head partially visible at the extreme left
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Image Source: edited detail of a B&W photograph taken March 1954 by Slinger, in Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Restant_van_oude_doopvont_-_Burg,_Den_(Texel)_-_20045815_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 5 July 2015]
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design element - motifs - foliage

Font image
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symbol - star - 6-point

Font image
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view of church exterior - southwest view

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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken April 1963 by G.Th. Delemarre, in Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exterieur_naar_het_noord-westen_-_Burg,_Den_(Texel)_-_20045821_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 5 July 2015]
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view of church exterior - west façade

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Font image
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

the nave fully restored; April 1963; the font has been moved to the foot of the pulpit, a common location in this area
Scene Description: the nave fully restored; April 1963; the font has been moved to the foot of the pulpit, a common location in this area
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

with the font at the middle of the east end -- the church had just been restored after the damage caused by WWII
Scene Description: with the font at the middle of the east end -- the church had just been restored after the damage caused by WWII
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 19930BUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century[fragment -- restored], Late Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Nederlands Hervormde Kerk De Burght
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, by the pukpit [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): [originally dedicated to St. John the Baptist]
Church Notes: original church here 11thC; re-built in part in the 16thC; damaged in WWII; restored 1953
Church Address: Binnenburg 2, 1791 CG Den Burg, Netherlands
Site Location: Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N501, in the municipality of Texel on the island of the same name, 12 km N across the isthmus N from Den Helder [mainland]
Additional Comments: damaged font / restored font (the present font) -- disappeared font? (the one from the original 11thC church here)
Font Notes:
Ortt van Schonauwen (1858) writes of a very damaged and eroded octagonal font from the Hervormde Kerk at Burg op Texel; he mentions the heads, oak leaves and rosettes as part of the ornamentation. Fragment of a baptismal font in this church, probably dated to the late-15th or 16th century restoration of the old Romanesque church of the 11thC here; the fragment was photographed immediately before the restoration and it consisted on the lower part of an octagonal basin that had large foliage motifs, stars and two human heads visible on it, one of which has clear negroid features; the font was also photographed immediately after the restoration by adding a large area above the break point. The font was then placed by the side of the pulpit, as it is customary in many of the Protestant churches of the area.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 620477 5879875
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.05478, 4.79756
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 3′ 17.21″ N, 4° 47′ 51.22″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone?
Font Shape: octagonal, restored

REFERENCES

  • Ortt van Schonauwen, J., "Oude Doopvonten", Vierde Deel, Derde Serie, Kronijk van het Historisch Genootschap Gevestigd te Utrecht, 1858, pp. 143-152; p. 146