Terwolde / Ter Wolde

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view of font

notice the modern copper (?) insert
Scene Description: notice the modern copper (?) insert
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 April 2016 by Joost Limburg
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view of font

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: B&W photograph in Ligtenberg (1915: 166 fig. 6)
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view of font

as illustrated in Eyck (1846)
Scene Description: as illustrated in Eyck (1846)
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Image Source: illustration in Eyck (1846: fig. no. 4)
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view of basin - interior - detail

the former drain hole, now blocked
Scene Description: the former drain hole, now blocked
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 April 2016 by Joost Limburg
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view of basin - interior

the repairs at opposite sides of the upper rim show as faint discolorations in this photograph
Scene Description: the repairs at opposite sides of the upper rim show as faint discolorations in this photograph
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 April 2016 by Joost Limburg
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design element - motifs - flat moulding

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 April 2016 by Joost Limburg
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view of church exterior - southwest view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michielverbeek, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 September 2009 by Michielverbeek [https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerk_van_Terwolde] [accessed 28 December 2015]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0

view of church exterior - south view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pa3ems, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 10 January 2012 by Pa3ems [https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerk_van_Terwolde] [accessed 28 December 2015]
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view of font in context

as usual in the Dutch Reformed Protestant churches, the font is located near the pulpit
Scene Description: as usual in the Dutch Reformed Protestant churches, the font is located near the pulpit
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 2015
Image Source: edited detail of a photograph taken 12 July 1992 by A.J. (Ton) van der Wal, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:INTERIEUR,_NAAR_HET_WESTEN_-_Terwolde_-_20278155_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 28 December 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0-NL

view of church interior - nave - looking west

the font is visible near the pulpit
Scene Description: the font is visible near the pulpit
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 2015
Image Source: photograph taken 12 July 1992 by A.J. (Ton) van der Wal, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:INTERIEUR,_NAAR_HET_WESTEN_-_Terwolde_-_20278155_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 28 December 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0-NL

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 2015
Image Source: photograph taken 12 July 1992 by A.J. (Ton) van der Wal, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:INTERIEUR,_NAAR_HET_OOSTEN_-_Terwolde_-_20278154_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 28 December 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0-NL

design element - motifs - groove

the old black paint has been left on the underbowl [visible here], but removed from the rest of the font
Scene Description: the old black paint has been left on the underbowl [visible here], but removed from the rest of the font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 April 2016 by Joost Limburg
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

Font ID: 20268TER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Nederlandse Hervormde Dorpskerk Cosmas en Damianus, Terwolde
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, by the pulpit
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cosmas & St. Damian
Church Notes: church documented 1295; expanded 16thC; restored mid-19thC, and 1992-1994
Church Address: Molenweg 2, 7396 AB Terwolde, Netherlands
Site Location: Gelderland, Netherlands, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N792, in the municipality of Voorst, 3-4 km NW of Deventer, 14-15 km NE of Apeldoorn
Additional Comments: altered font (the font has been re-tooled or drastically cleaned up recently)
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Eyck (1846) with date in the 11th century. Noted with measurements in Ligtenberg (1915). Listed as Gothic in the Monumentenregister [Monumentnummer : 38072] of the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, Netherlands. The Terwolde font consists of a cylindrical basin with a broad flat moulding at the upper rim, and thin groovenear the bottom of the basin; on a plain cylindrical pedestal base and a splaying circular lower base decorated with a moulding. [NB: Eyck's early dating [cf. supra] is given also to the fonts at Almen, Beekbergen and Ermeloo].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.info/zdutchfonts.htm] for his photographs of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 302134 5796538
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.283531, 6.099111
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 17′ 0.71″ N, 6° 5′ 56.8″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (Bentheim)?
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: cylindrical
Drainage System: centre hole in basin, now blocked
Drainage Notes: metal [copper?] insert; modern
Diameter (includes rim): 92 cm*
Basin Total Height: 44 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 97 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Ligtenberg (1915: 163)

REFERENCES

  • Eyck [Eijck], Frans Nicolaas Marius, "Kort begrip omtrent de oude doopvonten in ons land door Mr FN Eijck tot Zuylichem", Erste deel, Erste Aftevering, Berigten van het Historisch Gezelschap te Utrecht, 1846, pp. 223-228; p. 224 and fig. no. 4
  • 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; p. 163, 166 fig. 6