Maasbree nr. Venlo No. 2 / Bree

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human figure - head

Scene Description: one of the four heads of the font in 1929

Image Source: edited detail of a B&W photograph taken in 1929, in Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fragment_van_voormalig_doopvont_-_Maasbree_-_20144393_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 22 November 2015]

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human figure - head

Scene Description: one of the four heads of the font in 1929

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human figure - head

Scene Description: one of the four heads of the font in 1929

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human figure - head

Scene Description: one of the four heads of the font in 1929

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 July 2008 by Michielverbeek [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maasbree,_Roomskatholieke_parochiekerk_foto2_2008-07-24_11.26.JPG] [accessed 22 November 2015

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: in October 1967

Image Source: B&W photograph [edited] taken October 1967 by Gerard Dukker, in Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exterieur,_Dorpsstraat_31_-_Maasbree_-_20144400_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 22 November 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1929, in Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interieur_naar_het_westen_-_Maasbree_-_20144381_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 22 November 2015]

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view of font

Scene Description: the reconstructed font in October 1967

Image Source: edited detail of a B&W photograph taken October 1967 by Gerard Dukker, in Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doopvont_-_Maasbree_-_20144401_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 22 November 2015]

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view of font - fragment

Scene Description: in 1929

Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1929 by W.A. Hemsing, in Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fragment_van_voormalig_doopvont_-_Maasbree_-_20144395_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 22 November 2015]

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view of font - fragment

Scene Description: in 1929

Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1929, in Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fragment_van_voormalig_doopvont_-_Maasbree_-_20144394_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 22 November 2015]

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view of font - fragment

Scene Description: the four heads of the font in 1929

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view of font in context

Image Source: B&W photograph taken October 1967 by Gerard Dukker, in Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doopvont_-_Maasbree_-_20144401_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 22 November 2015]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20153MAA

Church/Chapel: Aldegundiskerk / Rooms Katholieke parochiekerk Maasbree

Church Patron Saints: St. Aldegund [aka Aldegonde, Adelgunde. Adelgundis, Aldegonde, Aldegundis]

Church Location: Dorpstraat 25, 5993 Maasbree, Netherlands -- Tel.: 077-4651219

Country Name: Netherlands

Location: Limburg

Directions to Site: Located on the N275, just W of Venlo, near the German border, NW of Düsseldorf

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mosan type

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Baptismal font that was recunstructed ca. 1967 from the broken fragments found [buried?] in and around the church; the font consists of an octagonal basin with four human heads protruding at 90-degree angles on alternated sides; raised on a octagonal pedestal stem with stops lower down that make it square. No cover present. Two communications from Pol Herman to BSI (e-mails of 9 and 28 January 2022) refer to the fragments that were used to re-construct this baptismal font, and whether they were all from the same original font or not. Here are some excerpts from Pol Herman's e-mails: In the first e-mail: Many years ago, the four heads of the Gothic Mosan baptismal font of Maasbree were found during excavations [...] They were use to remake a baptismal font. But recently, another head has been found in the garden of the presbytery of Maasbree by amateur historian Ton Boots. I doubt if this is from a baptismal font. In the later e-mail: If you look to the 4 heads that were originally discovered, I get the impression that the head on the right doesn’t really fit the 3 others. Its hat is higher. There is no bevel under the hat. The forehead is lower. The head seems smaller. Personally, I have the impression that the loose head fits the three heads on the left better. Please note that the restored font was destroyed a second time: at the end of WWII when the Germans blew up the tower on 19th of November 1944. The old font was broken into many pieces, and fragments were lost. It was re-assembled by heavy restoration. As a dating aid, hereby the Mosan heads at the entry door of the house Nieuwe Gracht n° 20 at Utrecht. The dating of the house is well know : 1520. One of the 2 heads is very similar to the heads of the font at Maasbree. Local historian Ton Boots dates the font at Maasbree 1540, I have no idea on what basis.

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 294581 569287

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: no lining