Amersfoort No. 1

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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2

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human figure - head

Scene Description: one of four -- note the pointed ears on this head

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human figure - head

Scene Description: one of four

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michielverbeek, 2006

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: the magnificent chancel screen

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: with the ancient font by the pulpit

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view of font

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view of font in context

Scene Description: a Sunday-morning double baptism in the ancient font at Sint-Joriskerk -- notice the traditional Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk setting of the font next to the pulpit inside the baptismal enclosure

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20271AME
Church/Chapel: Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk Sint-Joriskerk
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Church Location: Hof 1, 3811 CJ Amersfoort, Netherlands -- Tel.: +31 33 461 6178
Country Name: Netherlands
Location: Utrecht
Directions to Site: Located inside thr ring road formed by the E30/A28, N22, N1899, about 30 km ENE of Utrecht
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, by the pulpit
Date: ca. 1300?
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mosan font
Church Notes: parish church here documented 1248; became collegiate 1337; hall-church 15thC; three-aisled 1534; restored 1960s and 2009-2011
Eyck (1846) reports of a basin of a baptismal font unearthed from the ground of St. Joriskerk in Amersfoort; the octagonal stone basin is decorated with four human heads. The Parish web site [www.sintjoriskerk-amersfoort.nl/sintjoriskerk-amersfoort.html] [accessed 29 December 2015] notes that the font was originally at the west side of the church, as was usual. The Rijksmonumenten.nl site [http://rijksmonumenten.nl/monument/7882/sint-joriskerk/amersfoort/] [accessed 29 December 2015] reports a Romanesque baptismal font with a replacement base of 1762

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.156413, 5.389566
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 9′ 23.09″ N, 5° 23′ 22.44″ E
UTM: 31U 663461 5781128

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Namur)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining

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; r["References"]