Doesburg
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 9 August 2017)
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view of basin - upper view
Scene Description: like all wooden fonts, it is meant to be used with an insert to hold the baptismal water
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 June 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 9 August 2017)
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 June 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 9 August 2017)
view of church exterior - southwest end
Scene Description: the church in 1945 at the end of WWII -- Source caption: "Nederlands Hervormde Kerk: Ruïne na oorlogshandelingen gezien vanuit het zuidwesten (opmerking: Fotograaf te Doesburg)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 2017
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1945 by Janssen (Fotograaf), in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ruïne_na_oorlogshandelingen_gezien_vanuit_het_zuidwesten_-_Doesburg_-_20325780_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 13 August 2017]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 2017
Image Source: digital image of a 1743 engraving in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(1743)_reproductie_uit_Verheerlijkt_Nederland_-_Doesburg_-_20057936_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 13 August 2017]
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view of church exterior in context - tower - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 June 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 9 August 2017)
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: with the wooden font in the foreground
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 June 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 9 August 2017)
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Interieur Martinikerk Doesburg, richting het koor. Preekstoel en twee orgels."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © ArjanH, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2016 by ArjanH [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_Martinikerk_Doesburg_070816.jpg] [accessed 13 August 2017]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Interieur Martinikerk Doesburg met het Walcker orgel".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © ArjanH, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2016 by ArjanH [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_Martinikerk_Doesburg_with_Walcker_organ,_070816.jpg] [accessed 13 August 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of font
Scene Description: the wooden font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 June 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 9 August 2017)
INFORMATION
FontID: 21401DOE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Doesburg Martinikerk / Grote of Sint Martinuskerk
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Juliana van Stolberglaan 3, 6981EK Doesburg, Netherlands
Country Name: Netherlands
Location: Gelderland
Directions to Site: Doesburg is located the N317-N338 crossroads, ENE of Arnhem; the church is located S of the N317, at Kerkstraat and Markt
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and wooden font
Church Notes: original church destroyed in 1340 by floods; new church ca. 1430 destroyed by fire 1483; re-built late-15thC; much damaged by fires, floods, etc. through the centuries; retreating German army blew up the tower in 1945; re-built and restored 1960s-1970s
Font Notes:
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The present baptismal enclosure is said to be 17th-century, but the wooden baptismal font is probably of a later date. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.014552, 6.133537
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 0′ 52.39″ N, 6° 8′ 0.73″ E
UTM: 32U 303299 5766536