Leeuwarden No. 4 / Leewarden

INFORMATION

FontID: 20329LEE

Museum and Inventory Number: Fries Museum, Leeuwarden

Church/Chapel: [original church unknown]

Church Location: Fries Museum address: Wilhelminaplein 92, 8911 BS Leeuwarden, Netherlands - Tel.: +31 58 255 5500

Country Name: Netherlands

Location: Friesland

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, and to Ilse Stap, for their help in documenting this font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

One of three wooden fonts in the Collectie Fries Museum, Leeuwarden; described in the museum records [ref.: 2007-II-675] simply as "Houten cilindervormig doopvont", with suggested dating 1150-1249. [cf. Index entries for Leeuwarden nos. 2 and 3 for the other two].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: wood

Font Shape: cylindrical

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Diameter (includes rim): 30 cm*

Basin Total Height: 42 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * Fries Museum, Leeuwarden