Leiden No. 2

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human figure - head

Scene Description: the one on the left perhaps a warrior's

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=119739.jpg] [accessed 29 April 2019]

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view of basin - interior

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=119739.jpg] [accessed 29 April 2019]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22124LEI

Museum and Inventory Number: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Church/Chapel: Parish Church

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: , Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The entry for Inventory number: U 1931/2.29 of the collections in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden describes this object as "doopvont? Nederland middeleeuwen. Stenen bak, Romaanse vorm, mogelijk een klein doopvont. Aanvulling. Finding place: Nederland, onbekend". The has the general shape of a type of medieval font basin; one the worn decorations set at 90-degree angles on the basin outer sides appears to be human, perhaps a warrior. Its measuments, as given in the museum entry, "26 x 25,5 x 15 cm", are more likely to correspond to a holy-water stoup or even a grain measure.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: round (with heads)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round (with heads)

Notes on Measurements: [dimensions: "26 x 25,5 x 15 cm" a/p the museum entry]