Benschop No. 1
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of font
Scene Description: composite? [cf. FontNotes]
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © A.E.v.Kooten, [s.d.]
Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W postcard by A.E.v.Kooten, in Reliwiki [https://reliwiki.nl/index.php/Bestand:Benschop_NH_kerk_int_2.jpg] [accessed 15 March 2022]
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © A.E.v.Kooten, [s.d.]
Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W postcard by A.E.v.Kooten, in Reliwiki [https://reliwiki.nl/index.php/Bestand:2-Benschop_NH_kerk_int_2.jpg] [accessed 15 March 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23824BEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: De Grote of Sint-Nicolaaskerk / Hervormde Kerk Benschop
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Dorp 208-210, 3405 BJ Benschop, Netherlands
Country Name: Netherlands
Location: Utrecht
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N204 [aka Reinaldaweg], N of the N210, 14-15 km SW of Utrecht
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: [composite?], Late Medieval [composite]
Church Notes: church of 1200-1250; modified 14th, 15th, 16thC; restored 1956 -- listed church [Monumentnummer: 8952]
Font Notes:
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The present baptismal font in this church apeears to be a composite object, the lower base probably late-medieval with a later basin and pedestal base above. No cover present. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 13th-century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.009431, 4.978303
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 0′ 33.95″ N, 4° 58′ 41.89″ E
UTM: 31U 635777 5763935
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal?