Ravenstein

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design element - motifs - flat moulding

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Image Source: undated engraving by J.P. Tesson in Hermans (1855)

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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Image Source: undated engraving by J.P. Tesson in Hermans (1855)

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: atop the octagonal-to-square lower base

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Image Source: undated engraving by J.P. Tesson in Hermans (1855)

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Sint-Luciakerk, Ravenstein

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Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken 22 January 1997 by IJ.Th. Heins, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Overzicht_noordwestgevel_-_Ravenstein_-_20348503_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 13 January 2016]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Sint-Jan de Doperkerk, Neerlangel -- the earliest part of the tower said to be 11thC; the rest and the nave are 19thC

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michielverbeek, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 March 2008 by Michielverbeek [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2008-03-23_11.17_Neerlangel,_kerk.JPG] [accessed 13 January 2016

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Sint-Luciakerk, Ravenstein

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Image Source: B&W photograph taken June 1968 by Gerard Dukker, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zuid-oost_bastion_van_de_Singel_in_noord-westelijke_richting_gezien_-_Ravenstein_-_20184628_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 13 January 2016]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: Sint-Luciakerk, Ravenstein -- the font is partially visible on the left [north] side of the nave, towards the back [east]

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Image Source: B&W photograph taken 22 January 1997 by IJ.Th. Heins, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interieur,_overzicht_naar_het_oosten_-_Ravenstein_-_20348764_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 13 January 2016]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: Sint-Luciakerk, Ravenstein

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Image Source: B&W photograph taken 22 January 1997 by IJ.Th. Heins, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interieur,_overzicht_westgevel_met_orgel_-_Ravenstein_-_20348769_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 13 January 2016]

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view of font

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Image Source: undated engraving by J.P. Tesson in Hermans (1855)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20300RAV
Church/Chapel: Rooms-Katholieke Sint-Luciakerk [originally from Sint-Jan de Doperkerk, Neerlangel]
Church Patron Saints: St. Lucy [aka Lucia? [St. John the Baptist]
Church Location: St. Luciastraat 1, 5371AS Ravenstein, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
Country Name: Netherlands
Location: Noord-Brabant
Directions to Site: Ravenstein is located in the municipality of Oss, as is Neerlangel [coordinates for Neerlangel's church: 51° 48′ 28.21″ N, 5° 38′ 43.7″ E, 51.807837, 5.645474, 31U 682375 5742976]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church in Ravenstein, at the E end, N side
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Late Gothic
Church Notes: present church at Ravenstein 1735 [old church at Neerlangel 11thC; old nave demolished 1869 and re-built]
Described and illustrated [J.P. Tesson's engraving] in Hermans (1855); this author does not mention that the font is said to have originally come from the ancient church at Neerlangel, and dates the font to the 13th or, or the 14th at the latest. Noted in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [http://rijksmonumenten.nl/monument/32337/sint-luciakerk/ravenstein/] [accessed 13 January 2016] as a baptismal font of the 15th-century made of limestone. Noted in Monumenten in Nederland. Noord-Brabant [www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu02_01/sten009monu02_01_0141.php] [accessed 13 January 2016] as a baptismal font originally from the church at Neerlangel.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.796972, 5.651225
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 47′ 49.1″ N, 5° 39′ 4.41″ E
UTM: 31U 682815 5741782

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Namur)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 96 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 128 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [given in Hermans (1855) "10 p." and "13.3 p." -- a 'palm' being equivalent to 9.6 cm]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: metal,
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal low-dome with finial; appears modern

REFERENCES

Hermans, C.R., "Vlugtige blikken in de kerkelijke archaeologie van Noordbrabant", Jaargang 1, De Dietsche Warande, 1855, pp. 180-201; r["References"]