Doorn / Thorhem
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view of font
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Image Source: B&W photograph taken May 1987 by T. Schollen, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:INTERIEUR,_STENEN_DOOPVONT_-_Doorn_-_20301398_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 23 December 2015]
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human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: one on every other side of the basin, alternating with the floral motifs
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Image Source: edited detail of a B&W photograph taken May 1987 by T. Schollen, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:INTERIEUR,_STENEN_DOOPVONT_-_Doorn_-_20301398_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 23 December 2015]
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design element - motifs - floral - flower - 4
Scene Description: some square, some Tudor-rose like; one on every other side of the basin, alternating with the human heads
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Image Source: edited detail of a B&W photograph taken May 1987 by T. Schollen, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:INTERIEUR,_STENEN_DOOPVONT_-_Doorn_-_20301398_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 23 December 2015]
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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 3
Scene Description: with scotias between them
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Image Source: edited detail of a B&W photograph taken May 1987 by T. Schollen, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:INTERIEUR,_STENEN_DOOPVONT_-_Doorn_-_20301398_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 23 December 2015]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fred Mobach, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 April 2010 by Fred Mobach [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N-H_Maartens-kerk_Doorn.jpg] [accessed 23 December 2015]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Vera de Kok, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 28 June 2013 by Vera de Kok [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kerkpein_-_Doorn_(1).jpg] [accessed 23 December 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
![the font is visible on the right [south] side, left [north] of the pulpit](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1151223019_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the font is visible on the right [south] side, left [north] of the pulpit
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Image Source: B&W photograph taken August 1997 by A.J. (Ton) van der Wal, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interieur,_overzicht_naar_het_westen_-_Doorn_-_20002245_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 23 December 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
![the font in the foreground, left [south] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1151223018_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the font in the foreground, left [south] side
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Image Source: B&W photograph taken August 1997 by A.J. (Ton) van der Wal, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interieur,_overzicht_naar_het_oosten_-_Doorn_-_20002240_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 23 December 2015]
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view of font in context
![the font near the pulpit and 'doophek' [baptistery screen], as is customary in the Nederlands Hervormde Kerk](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1151223017_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the font near the pulpit and 'doophek' [baptistery screen], as is customary in the Nederlands Hervormde Kerk
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Image Source: B&W photograph taken October 1981 by A.H.A Schollen, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interieur_preekstoel_en_doophek_en_doopvont_-_Doorn_-_20059553_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 23 December 2015]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 2015
Image Source: B&W photograph taken May 1987 by T. Schollen, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:INTERIEUR,_STENEN_DOOPVONT_-_Doorn_-_20301398_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 23 December 2015]
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design element - motifs - spur or stop - 4
Scene Description: broach stops turning the octagonal stem into a square lower base
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Image Source: B&W photograph taken May 1987 by T. Schollen, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:INTERIEUR,_STENEN_DOOPVONT_-_Doorn_-_20301398_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 23 December 2015]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 20248DOO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mosan type
Church / Chapel Name: Nederlands Hervormde Maartenskerk
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, towards the E side, S side, by the pulpit
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: wooden chapel or church here by late-9thC; Romanesque stone church 1180, tower added ca. 1250; present church 1924
Church Address: Kerkplein 2, 3941 HV Doorn, Netherlands -- Tel.: +31 343 414 270
Site Location: Utrecht, Netherlands, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N225-N227 crossroads, in the municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug (since 2006)
Ecclesiastic Region: Bisdom Utrecht
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the ca.1180 church here)
Font Notes:
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Ortt van Schonauwen (1858) expresses surprise at both the excellent state of conservation of this font, and at its late date, considering, as he notes, that this is may be one of the oldest churches in the province. Baptismal font of local limestone consisting of an octagonal basin with three mouldings on the side; sides are decorated with four small human heads alternating with four floral motifs; on a an octagonal-to-square pedestal base. No font cover present.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 660852 5767323
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.03317, 5.34495
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 1′ 59.41″ N, 5° 20′ 41.82″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (Namur)
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (inside rim): 86 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 115 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Ortt van Schonauwen (1858: 145)
REFERENCES
- Ortt van Schonauwen, J., "Oude Doopvonten", Vierde Deel, Derde Serie, Kronijk van het Historisch Genootschap Gevestigd te Utrecht, 1858, pp. 143-152; p. 144-145