Westzaan
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hervormde kruiskerk te Westzaan."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Marcel mulder, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 2 May 2008 by Marcel mulder [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hervormde-kerk.JPG] [accessed 16 November 2022]
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view of church interior - pulpit
![a small metal baptismal dish is mounted on the side of the stairs [cf. FontNotes] -- the base of the pulpit is a curious-looking pelican in its next](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1221116001_compressed.png)
Scene Description: a small metal baptismal dish is mounted on the side of the stairs [cf. FontNotes] -- the base of the pulpit is a curious-looking pelican in its next
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gerard Dukker / Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 1973
Image Source: digital image of a January 1973 B&W photograph by Gerard Dukker, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Preekstoel_-_Westzaan_-_20255065_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 16 November 2022]
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information
Scene Description: "11 August 1953 article in De Typhoon newspaper"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: copy of a 11 August 1953 article in De Typhoon newspaper
Copyright Instructions: PD
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24458WES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Grote Kerk / Hervormde Kerk Sint-Joris
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Notes: late-Gothic(?) church dedicated to St George; new church built 1740-1741; old church demolished 1843; -- listed Rijksmonument 40006
Church Address: Kerkbuurt 37, 1551 AB Westzaan, Netherlands
Site Location: Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the N515, N of the Noordzeelkanaal, about 15 km of Amsterdam city centre
Additional Comments: disused font / buried font / disappeared font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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A communication from Pol Herman to BSI (30 July 2022) provides a copy of a 11 August 1953 article in De Typhoon newspaper [cf. ImagesArea] which informs about the discovery of a medieval metal baptismal font, found when the church pews were moved; PH's note states that the wehereabouts of that font are now [2022] unknown. [NB: the present church has the usual tiny metal baptismal dish mounted on the side of the pulpit stairs].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it. We are also grateful to Jan van der Male, Gemeentearchief Zaanstad (ZNSTD) for the copy of the original article
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 620334 5814125
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.464019, 4.771289
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 27′ 50.47″ N, 4° 46′ 16.64″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal