Amersfoort No. 1
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Results: 8 records
view of font
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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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Baartse, 2008
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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Baartse, 2008
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michielverbeek, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 April 2006 by Michielverbeek [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2006-04-14_17.08_Amersfoort_kerk.JPG] [accessed 29 December 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: with the ancient font by the pulpit
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 2015
Image Source: B&W photograph in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: the magnificent chancel screen
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © JohnBoers, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 September 2010 by JohnBoers [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amersfoort.St.Joriskerk.Doksaal.JPG] [accessed 29 December 2015]
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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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sint-Joriskerk, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph in the parish site of Sint-Joriskerk [www.sintjoriskerk-amersfoort.nl/sintjoriskerk-amersfoort.html] [accessed 29 December 2015]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 20271AME
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1300?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mosan font
Church / Chapel Name: Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk Sint-Joriskerk
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, by the pulpit
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Notes: parish church here documented 1248; became collegiate 1337; hall-church 15thC; three-aisled 1534; restored 1960s and 2009-2011
Church Address: Hof 1, 3811 CJ Amersfoort, Netherlands -- Tel.: +31 33 461 6178
Site Location: Utrecht, Netherlands, Europe
Directions to Site: Located inside the ring road formed by the E30/A28, N22, N1899, about 30 km ENE of Utrecht
Additional Comments: altered font? (the base is a 18thC replacement]
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 31U 663461 5781128
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.156413, 5.389566
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 9′ 23.09″ N, 5° 23′ 22.44″ E
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; p. 227