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Stone tablet of a memorial piece of Harmen Zelle

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Stone tablet of a memorial piece of Harmen Zelle
Stone tablet of a memorial piece of Harmen Zelle
© Theo van Mierlo
Stone tablet of a memorial piece of Harmen Zelle (overview)
Stone tablet of a memorial piece of Harmen Zelle (overview)
© Theo van Mierlo

MeMO memorial object ID 1841

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Category

Type Memorial item (physical object)
Classification Sculpture (single piece)
Short description Stone tablet with an inscription
Remarks about category

Holding institution(s)

  • Kampen, Bovenkerk (Nederlands Hervormde Kerk)

General date

1525-1575

Artist(s)

Original institution(s)

Original institution St. Nicolaaskerk (Bovenkerk) (St Nicholas's Church), Kampen 4
Arguments
  • the memorial object is still in the original institution
Specification The commemorated person was a parish priest of this church
Still in original institution? yes

Location inside the institution

In situ?
(Probable) original location
  • in the church/chapel (exact location unknown)
Argumentation
Related memorial objects in the same institution
Additional remarks (original location) The tablet was placed near the grave of the commemorated person (see Inscriptions)

Additional remarks

Memorial piece

Function
  • liturgical/religious
Specification No information is available about possible other functions, because the object may be incomplete
Additional remarks

Memorial monument or floor slab

Function
Grave findings
Additional remarks
Original function
Change in function
Remarks about function
Name Harmen Zelle
Specification

Members of the commemorated party

Commemorated person(s)
  • Harmen Zelle (male)
Commemorated institution(s)

Relation between commemorated persons

Type not applicable (only one person mentioned/depicted)
Relation specification
Additional remarks
Name
Composition of the commissioning party
Specification

Members of the commissioning party

Commissioning person(s)
Commissioning Institution(s)

Relation between commissioning party and commemorated party

Type
Relation specification
Additional remarks
Material(s)
  • stone
Specification
Traces of polychromy?
Reuse of older objects
Completeness Probably the remnant of a memorial piece: the shape of the tablet suggests that it was originally surmounted by a (sculpted and/or painted) religious image. Heraldry may also be missing.
Condition Fair
Conservation
Technical research
Specification (technical research)

Dimensions (cm)

Height x width x depth

Alterations

Alterations
Specification

Additional remarks

Provenance

Marks of ownership

Type(s) of mark(s) of ownership
Specification
  • Bloys van Treslong Prins, P.C., Genealogische en heraldische gedenkwaardigheden in en uit de kerken der provincie Overijssel (Utrecht 1925), 152, 291
  • Schilder, Kees, Inventaris van de zerken in de Bovenkerk (Kampen 1988), 127; no. 632

Other documentation

Additional remarks

According to Bloys van Treslong Prins (1925), a cast of the tablet is in the possession of the city archives of Kampen

Indication of part; Single piece (front)

Short description Stone tablet with an inscription

Dimensions (cm)

Height x Width x Depth

Date

Year 1539
Specified date 1539/05/07
Argumentation
  • date of death given on the object
Specification
Additional remarks

Holding institution

Holding institution Kampen, Bovenkerk (Nederlands Hervormde Kerk)
Collection
Collection identifier
Online description link
Alternative or previous collections
Alternative of previous identifiers
Accessibility
Remarks about holding institution The tablet is located on the interior tower wall

Contract

Artist(s)

Filiation

Additional remarks

Inscriptions

Indication of part

Single piece (front)

Place of the inscription

across the tablet

Language(s)

Languages
  • Dutch
Language specification

Transcription

Int jaer ons heeren 1539 den soevenden dach in de mey sterff heer Harmen Zelle hier begraven. Bidt G[od] v[oer] d[ie] z[iel].

Translation

English translation In the year of our Lord 1539 on the seventh day in May died sir Harmen Zelle, buried here. Pray God for the soul.
Dutch translation

Lay–out

Incised Gothic textualis

Inscription mentioning

Name Harmen Zelle (male)
Sex male
Argumentation the person is being commemorated

Additional remarks

Person Description

Personal details

Name Harmen Zelle
Sex male
Year/date of birth
Year/date of death 1539/05/07
Additional remarks

Social standing

Status secular clergy
Arguments
  • according to literature
Specification

Member of a convent

Religious order
Specification

Member of secular clergy

Type of secular clergy (parish or chantry) priest
Specification Attached to the Bovenkerk in Kampen: serving the choir (1505-1508); parish priest (1530); dean of the St. Antoniuskapel (chapel of St Anthony) (1535)

Additional remarks