Diessen / Deosne / Dissina
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design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus
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Image Source: edited detail of a 22 October 2021 detail image [source unknown] provided by Pol Herman
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: in the northeast corner of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a January 1974 B&W photograph by Gerard Dukker, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Communiebank_(koorhek)_-_Diessen_-_20057370_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 9 February 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church interior - nave - east end
Scene Description: Source caption: "Rooms-Katholieke Kerk: communiebank (koorhek)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 2022
Image Source: digital image of a January 1974 B&W photograph by Gerard Dukker, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Communiebank_(koorhek)_-_Diessen_-_20057370_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 9 February 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 23740DIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Gothic
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Rooms-Katholieke Sint-Willibrorduskerk
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, NE corner of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Willibrord [aka Willibrordus]
Church Notes: church (wooden) first noted 1069 in deed; first stone church probably built ca. 1390; present church chiefly mid-15thC
Church Address: Kerksingel 1,, 5087 BT Diessen, Netherlands
Site Location: Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the N395, E of the N269, about 8 km SE of Tilburg
Additional Comments: altered font? (the base of the present font may be a later replacement) -- disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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The present font consists of an octagonal basin decorated with a torus-scotia-pattern all around below the upper rim, raised on an octagonal pedestal base and a lower base or plinth, also polygonal; the basin appears original, the two-part base perhaps a modern replacement. The font cover is a low dome with an orb-and-cross finial.
A communication from Pol Herman to BSI (e-mail of 9 February 2022) notes: According to Handelingen van het provinciaal genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen in Noordbrabant, over het jaar 1859, ’s Hertogenbosch, Gebroeders Muller, Uitgevers van het Genootschap, 1859, I would expect at Diessen a font like Lage-Mierde (now at Sint-Oedenrode) at Diessen. In a letter from Peter Norbertus Panken, dated 4th of October 1856, Panken writes that he has encountered similar fonts (similar to Lage-Mierde) at Vessem, Diessen, Middelbeers, Bladel, Netersel and Casteren.
A communication from Pol Herman to BSI (e-mail of 9 February 2022) notes: According to Handelingen van het provinciaal genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen in Noordbrabant, over het jaar 1859, ’s Hertogenbosch, Gebroeders Muller, Uitgevers van het Genootschap, 1859, I would expect at Diessen a font like Lage-Mierde (now at Sint-Oedenrode) at Diessen. In a letter from Peter Norbertus Panken, dated 4th of October 1856, Panken writes that he has encountered similar fonts (similar to Lage-Mierde) at Vessem, Diessen, Middelbeers, Bladel, Netersel and Casteren.
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 651091 5704905
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.4751, 5.175636
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 28′ 30.36″ N, 5° 10′ 32.29″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal, copper
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]