Sevenum / Zaerem / Zaerum

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design element - motifs - moulding

Image Source: edited detail of a B&W photograph taken in 1927, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hardstenen_doopvont_-_Sevenum_-_20199274_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 6 December 2015]

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design element - motifs - spur - 4

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human figure - head

Scene Description: two visible here: a woman's on the left, a man's on the right

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: the church in 1945 showing the war damage of 1944

Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1945, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Overzicht_van_de_kerk_met_oorlogsschade,_na_1944_-_Sevenum_-_20366690_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 6 December 2015]

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view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 April 2013 by Michielverbeek [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sevenum,_de_Sint_Fabianus_en_Sebastianuskerk_positie1_foto1_2013-04-14_16.38.jpg] [accessed 6 December 2015]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: artist's rendition of 1675

Image Source: photograph taken in 1966 by G.Th. Delemarre of a 1675 engraving by J. de Grave, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tekening_van_J.de_Grave_1675_-_Sevenum_-_20199299_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 6 December 2015]

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view of church interior - baptistery

Scene Description: the font and cover in the baptistery chapel, to the right of the main entranceway

Image Source: photograph in Kerkgebouwen in Limburg [http://www.kerkgebouwen-in-limburg.nl/files/2506/w640h640b1/Doopkapel.jpg] [accessed 6 December 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: in 1927 -- Source caption: "Roman Catholic Church: balustrade, organ gallery and doors below - Sevenum, Markt 1 - Fabian and Sebastian (1300) - The church was heavily damaged during the war" [1944]

Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1927, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Balustrade,_orgelgalerij_en_deuren_daaronder_-_Sevenum_-_20199272_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 6 December 2015]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: in its location in 1927; the font has since been moved to the baptistery chapel that was created at the time of the reconstruction after the destruction of the church in WWII

Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1927, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hardstenen_doopvont_-_Sevenum_-_20199274_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 6 December 2015]

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view of font cover

Scene Description: the set of chains attached to the cover finial hang from the end of the arm that stands behind the font and allows for the cover to be raised and swinged to a side

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20199SEV

Church/Chapel: Rooms-Katholieke Voormalige Fabianus en Sebastianuskerk

Church Patron Saints: St. Fabian & St. Sebastian

Church Location: Kerkstraat 2, 5975 BH Sevenum, Netherlands

Country Name: Netherlands

Location: Limburg

Directions to Site: Located on the E34-N277, near Kronenberg and Evertsoord, in the municipality of Horst aan de Maas, in the SE Netherlands

Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Roermond

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery, to the right of the W entranceway

Century and Period: 14th century [composite font?], Medieval [composite]

Church Notes: original church here 14thC; re-built 1953-1955 after the destruction of the old church in 1944

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Ligtenberg (1915) suggests that this font may be a composite, as the placement for the columns on the underbowl and lower base do not match. Baptismal font of Namur limestone consisting of an octagonal basin with four human heads at 90-degree angles on the basin sides, otherwise the aides are plain and curving on the underbowl; the base consists of five clustered shafts, a broad central one and four slender colonnettes at 90-degree angles in line with the heads on the basin; the columns have no capitals but stand on moulded bases; the square lower base has a spur at each angle. Font cover of metal [brass?] with orb-and-cross finial that is attached to chains that connect it to a swing-arm crane located behind the font. We have no information on whether or not the font suffered damage in 1944, when the church itself was heavily damaged. When the church was reconstructed in 1953-1954 a baptistery chapel was created to the right of the west entranceway and the font was located inside it.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 24' 45.01" N, 6° 2' 20.38" E

UTM: 32U 293947 5699710

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Namur)

Number of Pieces: three

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (inside rim): 78 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 91 cm*

Basin Total Height: 48 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * Ligtenberg (1915: 164) [NB: Ligtenberg was unable to measure the depth of the basin as it was filled with soil]

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal, brass?

Apparatus: yes; swing arm

Notes: octagonal base with decorated sides; orb-and-cross finial

REFERENCES

Ligtenberg, Raphael, "Romaansche doopvonten in Nederland: De hardsteenen vonten", VIII, 2 [Tweede serie], Bulletin van den Nederlandschen Oudheidkundigen Bond, 1915, pp. 154-190, 236-252; r["References"]