Leiden No. 1
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Results: 3 records
human figure - head
Scene Description: originally one of four on a font? this fragment is all that remains
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, 2019
Image Source: digital image in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden [http://img.rmo.nl/imageproxy/proxy.aspx?server=62.221.199.226&port=5297&filename=100158.jpg] [accessed 29 April 2019]
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human figure - head
Scene Description: originally one of four on a font? this fragment is all that remains
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, 2019
Image Source: digital image in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden [http://img.rmo.nl/imageproxy/proxy.aspx?server=62.221.199.226&port=5297&filename=006446.jpg] [accessed 29 April 2019]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
human figure - head
Scene Description: originally one of four on a font? this fragment is all that remains
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, 2019
Image Source: digital image in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden [http://img.rmo.nl/imageproxy/proxy.aspx?server=62.221.199.226&port=5297&filename=111299.jpg] [accessed 29 April 2019]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
FontID: 22123LEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)?
Museum and Inventory Number: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Church/Chapel: [original church unknown]
Church Location: [museum address: Rapenburg 28, 2311 EW Leiden, Netherlands]
Country Name: Netherlands
Location: Zuid-Holland
Directions to Site: [cf. museum address]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Namur font?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg for bringing this object to our attention
Font Notes:
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The entry for Inventory number: U 1931/2.28 of the collections in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden describes this object as "Romaanse sculptuur van basalt, voorstellende een mannenkop, waarschijnlijk van doopvont.. Zeer primitieve vorm. Finding place: Nederland, onbekend". Aanvulling aan de bodem, oude verlijming"the material is identified as basalt, measuring 21.7 x 17.2 x 8.4 cm.; the date is conservatively given as "1000-1200 AD" [https://www.rmo.nl/en/collection/search-collection/collection-piece/?object=U 1931/2.28] [accessed 29 April 2019]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, basalt
Font Shape: fragment
Basin Interior Shape: fragment
Basin Exterior Shape: fragment
Notes on Measurements: [dimensions of the fragment: "21,7 x 17,2 x 8,4 cm" a/p museum entry]