Krommenie / Crommenye

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Scene Description: "one of the clandestine churches from the time of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. The Reformed Church was the so-called 'official church' in the Netherlands. Other religions were tolerated, but were required to refrain from public display. Non-Reformed people gathered in churches that were not recognizable as such. Those were hidden church buildings" [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph by Kerkenverzamelaar [https://reliwiki.nl/index.php/Bestand:05828_Krommenie_Oud_Kath.Kerk_Nicolaas_1612_Noorderhofstraat_131_NH._foto._André_van_Dijk_Kerkenverzamelaar.JPG] [accessed 26 December 2021]

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n., s.d.]

Image Source: digital photograph provided by Pol Herman

Copyright Instructions: No known copright restriction / Fair Dealing

INFORMATION

FontID: 23629KRO
Church/Chapel: Oud Katholieke Kerk Sint Nicolaas / Parochie van de H. H. Nicolaas en Maria Magdalena
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Noorderhoofdstraat 131, 1561 AS Krommenie, Netherlands
Country Name: Netherlands
Location: Noord-Holland
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N246, N of the N8, in the municipality and 6-7 km NW of Zaanstad, about 24 km MW of Amsterdam
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century(mid?),
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: -- listed church [Rijksmonument no. 39954]
The entry for this church in Reliwiki [https://reliwiki.nl/index.php/Krommenie,_Noorderhoofdstraat_131_-_Nicolaas] [accessed 26 December 2021] notes a baptismal font made of marble in the mid-17th century. Only the basin and its squat base are of marble; the moulded stand appears to be made of painted (white) wood. It has a metal cover of approximately the same shape as the basin, with a cross finial. Pol Herman, in a communication to BSI (e-mail of 13 December 2021) informs that this was one of the clandestine churches from the time of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. The Reformed Church was the so-called 'official church' in the Netherlands. Other religions were tolerated, but were required to refrain from public display. Non-Reformed people gathered in churches that were not recognizable as such. Those were hidden church buildings.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.499961, 4.768781
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 29′ 59.86″ N, 4° 46′ 7.61″ E
UTM: 31U 620065 5818118

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: oval (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]