Alkmaar
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view of church exterior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Steven Chiefa, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 August 2011 by Steven Chiefa [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chiesa_Alkmaar.jpg] [accessed 20 August 2018]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Iamheavenssent, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 September 2012 by Iamheavenssent [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toren_der_Grote_of_St._Laurenskerk_lightly.jpg] [accessed 20 August 2018]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Henk Monster, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 April 2014 by Henk Monster [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Laurenschurch_of_Alkmaar_SouthWestview_-_panoramio.jpg] [accessed 20 August 2018]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the font bears the date 1871; the cover is said to be dated 1605 [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jarkeld, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 September 2015 by Jarkeld [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RM7433-Doopvont.JPG] [accessed 20 August 2018]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 21789ALK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Grote or Sint Laurentiuskerk / Alkmaarse Cuyperskerk
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: Verdronkenoord 68, 1811 BG Alkmaar, Netherlands -- Tel.: +31 6 21851723
Country Name: Netherlands
Location: Noord-Holland
Directions to Site: Located off the A9, 40 km NNW of Amsterdam. The church is located in the old town centre
Date: ca. 1470-1520?
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church Notes: present church built 1470-1520 in Brabantine Gothic style
Font Notes:
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The Musique Orgue Quebec site [www.musiqueorguequebec.ca/orgues/pbas/alkmaarsl.html] [accessed 20 August 2018] reports the cover of the baptismal font ["la clôture autour des fonts baptismaux"] as being of 1605. The present font, octagonal and of marble, bears the date of 1871, when it was donated to the church [NB: we have no information on the original font itself].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.6325, 4.743889
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 37′ 57″ N, 4° 44′ 38″ E
UTM: 31U 618020 5832818