Megen
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source:caption "Megen Rijksmonument 28540 St.Servatiuskerk vooraanzicht Schoolstraat 1 "
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 19 September 2010 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Megen_rijksmonument_28540_St.Servatiuskerk_vooraanzicht_Schoolstraat_1.JPG] [accessed 24 December 2021]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Megen panorama: parochiekerk, latijnse school, klooster met kloosterkerk, hof van lof (thematische kloostertuin)."
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Image Source: digital photograph 9 March 2011 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Megen_panorama,_kerk,_latijnse_school,_klooster,_hof_van_lof.JPG] [accessed 24 December 2021]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the 15thC(?) font and its brass cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 2021
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2006 by P. van Galen / Kris Roderburg, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interieur,_aanzicht_orgel,_orgelnummer_953_-_Megen_-_20417129_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 24 December 2021]
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view of church interior - west end
![showing the baptismal font and its cover to the right [north] of the door](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1211224005_compressed.png)
Scene Description: showing the baptismal font and its cover to the right [north] of the door
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 2006 by P. van Galen / Kris Roderburg, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interieur,_aanzicht_orgel,_orgelnummer_953_-_Megen_-_20417129_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 24 December 2021]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 23615MEG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Rooms-Katholieke Sint-Servatiuskerk
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Servatius of Tongeren [aka Sarbatius, Servais, Servatius of Maastricht]
Church Notes: medieval church destroyed in 1581 in the Eighty Years' War; present church 1872 -- listed church [Rijksmonument no. 28540]
Church Address: Schoolstraat 1, 5366 AT Megen, Netherlands
Site Location: Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N329, in the municipality ond abot 7 km NNE of Oss, on the S shore of the Maas river, NE of 's-Hertogenbosch, W of Nijmegen
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of the 15th century noted in the Rijksmonumenten [https://rijksmonumenten.nl/monument/28540/st-servatius/megen/] [accessed 24 December 2021]. The font, which appears to be of a black shiny stone consists of a roumd moulded basin with human heads set at 90-degree angles, on a moulded pedestal base, round-to-square lower base; there appears to be an inscription in Gothic lettering on the fonr [transctiption not available]. Moulded brass cover with ball top.
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 676682 5744420
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.822633, 5.563728
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 49′ 21.48″ N, 5° 33′ 49.42″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: round, mounted (with heads)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round (with heads)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Notes: there appears to be an inscription in Gothic lettering on the font [transcription not available]
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]