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Floor slab of [...] Dircksz. Schoock and family

Floor slab of [...] Dircksz. Schoock
Floor slab of [...] Dircksz. Schoock
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MeMO memorial object ID 3105

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Type Tomb monument, tomb slab or floor slab (physical object)
Classification Tomb slab or floor slab
Short description Worn and broken stone slab with a centrally placed quatrefoil medallion with a wildman holding a club and a heraldic shield, an inscription along the edge, and a later inscription below
Remarks about category

Holding institution(s)

  • Zaltbommel, Grote of St. Maartenskerk

General date

1525-1575

Artist(s)

Original institution(s)

Original institution Grote of St. Maartenskerk (St Martin's Church), Zaltbommel 29
Arguments
Specification
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)

Additional remarks

Memorial piece

Function
Specification
Additional remarks

Memorial monument or floor slab

Function liturgical/religious and social
Grave findings
Additional remarks • Commemorated on the object are a married couple, (members of) a nuclear family or (members of) an extended family: see Commemorated party. • No information is available about possible other functions, because the object is too damaged or no photograph is available.
Original function
Change in function
Remarks about function
Name [...] Dircksz. Schoock and family
Specification

Members of the commemorated party

Commemorated person(s)
  • [...] Dircksz. Schoock (male)
Commemorated institution(s)

Relation between commemorated persons

Type extended family (of which one or more members died after 1580)
Relation specification
Additional remarks Probably members of an extended family. A later inscription commemorates Margrieta van Doorn (d. 1617), who was married to Peter Schoock
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 blue hardstone
Traces of polychromy?
Reuse of older objects
Completeness Minor losses along the edges and breaks
Condition Very worn: the inscription is now illegible in many places
Conservation
Technical research
Specification (technical research)

Dimensions (cm)

Height x width x depth 205 x 116 x 0

Alterations

Alterations
  • inscription(s) added
Specification A later inscription commemorates Margrieta van Doorn (d. 1617), who was married to Peter Schoock

Additional remarks

Provenance

Marks of ownership

Type(s) of mark(s) of ownership
Specification
  • Bams, W., Het Necrologium van de Sint-Maartenskerk te Zaltbommel (1312-1569) (Zaltbommel, Streekarchief Bommelerwaard )
  • Muschart, R.T., De Grafzerken in de St. Maartenskerk te Zaltbommel, Gelre 46 (1943), , 161-162
  • Zalm, Peter van der, Het Wapenalbum Bommelerwaard, http://www.streekarchiefbommelerwaard.nl

Other documentation

Additional remarks

Information provided by Peter van der Zalm

Indication of part; Tomb or floor slab (front)

Short description Worn and broken stone slab with a centrally placed quatrefoil medallion with a wildman holding a club and a heraldic shield, an inscription along the edge, and a later inscription below

Dimensions (cm)

Height x Width x Depth 205 x 116 x 0

Date

Year 1525-1575
Specified date
Argumentation
  • date of death given on the object
  • based on historical evidence (in literature)
  • based on stylistic research
Specification
Additional remarks This slab may commemorate either Arnoldus Dirckszn Schoock (d. 1539/06/20) or Dirck Dirckzn Schoock (d. 1545/01/17)

Holding institution

Holding institution Zaltbommel, Grote of St. Maartenskerk
Collection
Collection identifier
Online description link
Alternative or previous collections
Alternative of previous identifiers
Accessibility
Remarks about holding institution The slab is situated in the centre of the north aisle

Contract

Artist(s)

Filiation

Additional remarks

Heraldry

Indication of part

Tomb or floor slab (front)

Place of heraldry

in a centrally placed quatrefoil medallion

Specification of heraldry

Type of heraldry personal use of family arms (one undivided shield)
Specification
Shape of the shield early accolade shield
Specification
Description of the shield vaguely: three sinister bendlets (vaag: drie linkerschuinstaken (Schoock))
Description of the upper arms (helmet, crest and mantling)
Remarks

Additional parts of the achievement

Type of supporter
  • One or two mythical figures (wild men or women)
Specification Standing wild man, club over his right shoulder
Motto
English translation of the motto
Insignia or attributes

Heraldry belonging to

Heraldry belonging to [...] Dirckszn Schoock

Person details

Person details
  • [...] Dircksz. Schoock (male)

Additional remarks

Inscriptions

Indication of part

Tomb or floor slab (front)

Place of the inscription

along all four edges of the slab

Language(s)

Languages
  • Dutch
Language specification

Transcription

Hier leyt begraven [...] Sch[oock] Diricksen die sterf int jaer ons Heren MV ende XXXXIX den 20 dach (?January), bit voer die ziel om God.

Translation

English translation Here lies buried [...] Diricksz. Schoock, who died in the year of our Lord 1549 on the 20th day of [?January]. Pray for the soul for God[s sake].
Dutch translation

Lay–out

Raised Gothic textualis lettering on a sunken text band

Inscription mentioning

Name [...] Dircksz. Schoock (male)
Sex male
Argumentation the person is used as a reference

Additional remarks

The transcription is based in part on that given by R.C. Muschart, with some corrections

Person Description

Personal details

Name [...] Dircksz. Schoock
Sex male
Year/date of birth
Year/date of death
Additional remarks The Necrologium lists the deaths of two sons of Dirck Schoock, viz. Arnoldus (d. 1539/06/20) and Theodoricus or Dirck (d. 1545/01/17). As the reading of the date of death on the slab is uncertain this slab may commemorate either son.

Social standing

Status citizen of city
Arguments
Specification

Member of a convent

Religious order
Specification

Member of secular clergy

Type of secular clergy
Specification

Additional remarks