Lage Mierde No. 1 / Hooge Mierde / Lagemierde / Mier / Mierde Inferior / Mierde Superior / Mirta / Mjerdt / Myrta
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human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: one of them bearded [cf. FontNotes]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 12 September 2012 by Willemjans [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lage_Mierde_Stephanuskerk.JPG] [accessed 18 January 2016]
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view of font
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20306LAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Rooms-Katholieke Sint Stephanuskerk
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: Dorpsplein 1, 5094 Lage Mierde, Netherlands
Country Name: Netherlands
Location: Noord-Brabant
Directions to Site: Located off the N269, in the municipality of Reusel-De Mierden, ENE of Turnhout, ESE of Eindhoven
Ecclesiastic Region: Bisdom 's Hertogenbosch
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this font
Font Notes:
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Ort van Schonauwen (1858) reports a baptismal font here with some damage, the round basin decorated with four human heads, all of similar features except that one of them is bearded; on an octagonal-to-square pedestal base. OvS (ibid.) mentions a metal staple or brace (?) that secures the basin to the base, and suggests a 16th-century date for the font. The Reliwiki entry for Lage Mierde [http://reliwiki.nl/index.php?title=Lage_Mierde,_Dorpsplein_1_-_Stephanus] [accessed 18 January 2016] reports a font of the 14th century in this church. The Voorloopige lijst der Nederlandsche monumenten van geschiedenis en kunst. Deel X. De provincie Noord-Brabant. Algemeene Landsdrukkerij, (Den Haag / A. Oosthoek, Utrecht 1931) [www.dbnl.org/tekst/_voo016voor09_01/_voo016voor09_01_0089.php] [accessed 18 January 2016] notes: "Hardsteenen doopvont (XIV)". [NB: e-mail from Pol Herman (29 December 2021): " The local historical society told me today that it is not in the church. They think it is lost since 1860."]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.406137, 5.149431
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 24′ 22.09″ N, 5° 8′ 57.95″ E
UTM: 31U 649496 5697183
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
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