Dordrecht No. 4 / Dordt / Thuredrech / Thuredrecht / Thuredriht / Voorstraat
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Dordrecht, opgravingen 1982" -- the 1982 excavation of the buried ruins of a Franciscan monastery beneath the site of the Buytink/Buijtink large furniture store in Dordrecht, destroyed by fire on 29 March 1982
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Image Source: digital image of a 1 May 1982 B&W photograph in the gallica & regionaal archief dordrecht [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dordrecht,_opgravingen_1982.jpg] [accessed 1o November 2021]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 23527DOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Dordtse Minderbroederklooster / Franciscanenklooster
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: archaeological excavations in a former 13thC Franciscan monastery buried under the furniture magasin demolished in 1982, reported in 2018 [cf. Dorst, M.C. (Gemeente Dordrecht) (2018): Franciscaners op de Voorstraat. De archeologische opgraving van het 13e-eeuwse, Dordtse Minderbroederklooster, Oude Mannenhuis en woonhuizen. DANS. https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-25r-2aam )
Church Address: Visstraat 14, 3311 KX Dordrecht, Netherlands [NB: address & coordinates given are for the disappeared monastery archaeological site]
Site Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, Europe
Directions to Site: The archaeological site is located a few blocks SE of the Nieuwe Haven, between the A16 (W) and the N3 (W)
Additional Comments: fragment of a font / disappeared? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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The fragment of a stone baptismal font was reported found in burial vault 52-1-28 in the archaeological excavations undertaken on the site of the Buytink furniture store destroyed by fire in March 1982; buried under it was the 13th-century Franciscan monastery [source: Dordrecht Ondergronds 79, Franciscaners op de Voorstraat : een archeologische opgraving van het 13e-eeuwse Dordtse Minderbroederklooster, Oudemannenhuis en woonhuizen, by M.C. Dorst, Gemeente Dordrecht, Cluster Ruimtelijke Kwaliteit/Vakteam Erfgoed/Archeologie, 2018, p. 139]. Pol Herman, who supplied the infomation and reference above in a 10 November 2021 e-mail to BSI, informs: "The current whereabouts of this find are unknown. Object has not been documented." A further communication from Pol Herman [same date]: " M.C. Dorst, Gemeente Dordrecht, Cluster Ruimtelijke Kwaliteit/Vakteam Erfgoed/Archeologie confirmed to me today that the fragment has effectively disappeared without leaving any trace.
It is mentionned on the field drawing made during the archeological excavations, and it is listed in the inventory of the retrieved objects, but then it vanished. Maybe it is stored in the wrong place in a museum depot, waiting to be found."
It is mentionned on the field drawing made during the archeological excavations, and it is listed in the inventory of the retrieved objects, but then it vanished. Maybe it is stored in the wrong place in a museum depot, waiting to be found."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 614847 5741673
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.814083, 4.666083
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 48′ 50.7″ N, 4° 39′ 57.9″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone