Urmond
Results: 4 records
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sint-Martinuskerk, Urmond, gemeente Stein, Limburg, Nederland"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 25 June 2012 by Romaine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urmond-Sint-Martinuskerk.JPG] [accessed 23 January 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-Zero
view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Terpkerk van Urmond, Stein, Limburg, Nederland"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 25 June 2012 by Romaine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urmond-Terpkerk_(4).JPG] [accessed 23 January 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-Zero
view of church exterior in context - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Terpkerk van Urmond, Stein, Limburg, Nederland"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph 25 June 2012 by Romaine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urmond-Terpkerk_(2).JPG] [accessed 23 January 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-Zero
INFORMATION
Font ID: 23690URM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century[basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Rooms-katholieke Parochiekerk Sint Martinus (nieuwe Martinuskerk)
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Previous Font Location(s): Oude Martinus Kerk (Terpkerk) [redundant since 1957]
Church Notes: original church 14thC; present church mi-17thC; modified 18th, 19thC; Terpkerk replaced by new church on a site about 75 m away; made redundant in 1957, used as civic exhibition centre -- listed church [Rijksmonument no. 34846]
Church Address: [address of the old church (Terpkerk)] Grotestraat 26, 6129 CP Urmond, Netherlands
Site Location: Limburg, Netherlands, Europe
Directions to Site: Located between the Maas/Meuse river and the Julianakanaal, W of the A2/E25, near the border with Belgium, in the municipality of Stein. The new church is located about 75 m from the Terpkerk
Additional Comments: altered font (modern concrete base)
Font Notes:
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The entry for the new church in Kerkgebouwen in Limburg [https://www.kerkgebouwen-in-limburg.nl/kerken/urmond/martinus] [accessed 23 January 2022] reports a basin made of limestone in the 16th century, decorated on the sides with four masks [heads?]; on a cement base. Font cover of brass decorated with lillies; foliated cross finial ["Doopvont, vont XVI, hardsteen, deksel, geelkoper, XIX. Doopvont: Achtkantige kuip versierd met vier maskers, die onderling verschillen; op het deksel zijn gegraveerde plantenslingers; het deksel is gepointilleerd; op de top een kruisje, waarvan de armen in een gestileerde lelie eindigen. De voet is van cement. Geen foto beschikbaar."]
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 693950 5652488
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.991253, 5.763725
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 59′ 28.51″ N, 5° 45′ 49.41″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th-19th century?
Material: metal, brass
Notes: [cf. FonrNotes]