Catalog of the Municipal Carillon Museum of Mechelen, Belgium

Royal Carillon School“Jef Denyn”

MuseumCATALOG

Tiffany Ng2006

Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn”

Museum

CATALOG

Tiffany Ng 2006

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A Brief History The first exhibition of the Royal Carillon School (KBS) was organized in 1922 in conjunction with three significant events in carillon history: the inauguration of the school itself, the celebration of newly appointed school director Jef Denyn’s thirty-fifth year as city carillonneur of Mechelen, and the first international carillon congress in the world. Sixteen years later, the second exhibition was mounted in 1938. It was a tremendous success: 30,000 people, including King Leopold III and his son Prince Boudewijn, convened in the City Hall of Mechelen for the international event. Several objects from that exhibition are preserved in the current Museum of the Royal Carillon School (MKBS). The Carillon Museum itself was established thirty-three years after that first exhibition, once the school had moved in 1947 from its former building on the Begijnenstraat to its current site in Mechelen and was under the direction of Staf Nees. Antoon Spinoy, president of the KBS Board of Directors from 1947 until his death in 1967, was integral in establishing the museum at its current location. As burgomaster, he acquired the building ‘Het Schip’ at Merodestraat 63 for the school and constructed the MKBS to link the school to the municipal museum, the Stedelijk Museum Hof van Busleyden (SMHB). The interior of the MKBS and the exhibits were constructed with the assistance of R. De Roo, archivist and curator of the municipal museum, and of M. J. De Weert. On 5 June 1955, burgomaster M. J. Smets inaugurated the museum at festivities organized by the society Toren en Beiaard and the Exposition du Tourisme. Campanologist Willy Godenne published the first catalog in Archives, Bibliothèques et Musées de Belgique the following year. Important legacies figured amongst the first holdings of the museum, including collections given by Jef Denyn, Staf Nees, Kamiel Lefévere, Marcel Michiels, Jr., Jos Van Beers, Willy Godenne, Mrs. Albert Geudens, Alfred Ost, Leon Pescheret, and the city of Geraardsbergen. The municipal museum transferred sixteenth-century bronze table bells made in Mechelen to the Carillon Museum’s care, the majority of which came from the collection of noted historian and campanologist Georges Van Doorslaer.

Initially, the holdings of the museum were displayed in one room, but the intention from the beginning was to open a second room dedicated to helping visitors understand “the importance of the art of the carillon” and “the characteristics of a good instrument” through graphics, drawings, and paintings (Godenne, Musée 60). After all, the purpose of the museum was not only to be engaging, but also to be instructive. When a second room was finally opened, many more objects were made accessible to visitors, and a now-disappeared map showing the spread of the carillon art worldwide under the title “UITSTRALING VAN ONZE BEIAARDKUNST” revealed both to newcomers to the instrument and to carillonneurs themselves the growing success of their efforts. When Jo

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Haazen was appointed the directorship of the KBS in 1981, he redesigned the second room to serve as a meeting and reception room for distinguished visitors, an exhibit space supplemented by photographs of carillons and carillonneurs, and a campanology classroom. His international outreach efforts prompted donations amounting to a new ethnomusicological collection (D and E). And in 1998, the museum reached new heights in attendance with the organization of a jubilee exhibition celebrating Mechelen’s five centuries as a center of the bell arts and coinciding with the 1998 Congress of the World Carillon Federation. But the aforementioned goal of instruction was never truly met by either room. The museum lacks explanatory cards for each object, and artifacts are not arranged to allow explanations of groups of objects through informational posters or during tours, or in fact to allow the presentation of a chronological, geographical, or topical history of bells. So little information has been retained about the objects as they were acquisitioned over the years that almost nothing is known about objects in particular categories such as clappers and hammers (B). Furthermore, no exhibit has been organized for KBS directors after Jef Denyn, although each made major contributions and received important honors during their lives, many of which are preserved in memorabilia (M). Most importantly, nothing in the Carillon Museum explains and demonstrates what a carillon is, or how a carillon works and is played.

By creating a digital catalog of all objects in the collection with photos and all known information about each, I have created a basis for the restructuring of the museum. Unlike previous paper catalogs, the computer database is easy to rearrange and update and allows an exhibit designer to see and compare objects without having to run around searching for each. Users can group related objects via the search function, and the object descriptions have been written to serve both as scholarly resources as well as public informational cards. Finally, making the searchable database available online means that people in any

part of the world now have access to the Carillon Museum and can examine objects at high resolution. Few carillonneurs have the privilege of traveling to Mechelen for their campanological studies, so the collection can now serve as an educational resource for the international carillon community as well as the students of the KBS. Finally, the distribution of printed catalogs bundled with photo DVDs will ensure that the collection of the MKBS is noted in major carillon libraries and archives in North America and Europe. The museum has been extremely successful in its mission to conserve important campanological specimens—most of its holdings are simply donations from people who

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wanted to see these objects preserved, and the collection has thus grown to its present size of 353 objects. However, turning those objects into educational resources requires further work. My aim is to help transform the museum into a truly educational resource for the school, the municipal museum, and the international carillon community, as well as to make recommendations for the conservation of some of the most important and fragile objects in the collection. The Carillon Museum is a department of both the Stedelijk Museum Hof van Busleyden and the KBS. Unfortunately, due to financial restraints and a renovation that severed the two rooms of the MKBS from standard visitor access routes, the SMHB has grown reluctant to continue its support of the Carillon Museum and has terminated regular visiting hours to it. In the near future, the KBS hopes to acquire an annex building for itself and the Carillon Museum in which to expand.

Catalogs, Past and Present Campanologist Willy Godenne published the first catalog of the MKBS in 1956 in the journal Archives, Bibliothèques et Musées de Belgique. The professionally written and researched article in French was bound separately as a book and is available in the KBS Library (2d muse 3 I.) Nearly three decades later, Pierre Ramakers, a student of Piet van den Broek, presented the next iteration of the catalog on 2 July 1983 as his final project for the KBS diploma. Entitled “Historiek en Inventaris van het Beiaardmuseum te Mechelen [History and Inventory of the Carillon Museum in Mechelen]” (KBS Library 2d rama I), it unfortunately focused on the well-known history of the school rather

than that of the museum. For the most part, its contents comprised a translation of Godenne’s catalog into Dutch. Several photocopied photographs were pasted in, none of which concerned objects in the collection. Six thoughtful suggestions were offered for the improvement of the museum, but none were carried out. In 1998, a special exhibition was organized at the Carillon Museum in conjunction with the World Carillon Federation Congress that year, drawing together loans from institutions and private collections in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, and the United States of America. The catalog Vijf eeuwen klokkenkunst te Mechelen : Tentoonstellingscatalogus 27 june-30 september 1998 [Five centuries of carillon art in Mechelen : Exhibition Catalog 27 June – 30 September 1998] was published in conjunction with the event, featuring contributions from Koen Cosaert, Gilbert Huybens, Jacques Sergeys, et al. Some of the objects in the MKBS were included in that publication. Jacques Sergeys coordinated the efforts of several students in creating a comprehensive paper catalog for the MKBS to reflect the considerable expansion of its holdings since its establishment in 1955. With fields for all categories of information, this catalog had great

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potential. However, most fields were left blank, and descriptions were generally limited to one sentence. Photographs were printed as thumbnails, and the negatives are now lost. The paper format of the catalog barely fit into two unwieldy binders and was not easily modifiable. Nevertheless, this catalog at last inventoried and measured the dimensions of most of the objects in the current collection and has served as the invaluable basis for the new catalog. Not all of the items in Godenne’s catalog have entered the current publication. The SMHB has removed certain objects for display in other departments, and these may or may not be returned to the MKBS in the future. A number of precious objects were stolen over the years, and others have simply been lost track of because no inventory listed them or their locations. The task of seeking down each object was all the more difficult because none are labeled with MKBS inventory numbers. I hope that the new inventory scheme developed for this catalog will allow all objects to receive identification marks, as they should in any museum.

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The Catalog Inventory number Based on the previous inventory scheme established by Sergeys et al., the new inventory has been divided into further lettered subcategories in order to make each manageable and to recognize the significance of new areas of the collection such as bells from non-Western traditions. Because hardly any accession information exists for the objects, it was impossible to create a consistent accessioning system as is done at major museums. Therefore I have maintained the simplified inventory number system with the expectation that the collection will remain small enough for this system to suffice. The categories are grouped as follows: A carillon and swinging bells; artful commemorative bells; fragments of bells; historical handbells and mortars B clappers and hammers from carillon and swinging bells C copies of bell ornaments; partial and full copies of bells; bellfoundry items D decorative bells from Western cultures, including small tribute bells, prizes, and souvenirs; functional bells, including modern table bells and animal bells E bells from non-Western cultures, including miniatures, souvenirs, religious bells, decorative bells, and animal bells F former carillon keyboards; practice carillon keyboards; pianos G clockworks; automatic play mechanisms; mechanical drums and items relating to drums; bell frames H manuscript diagrams of St. Rombouts Tower I manuscripts of sheet music for carillon and automatic carillon; recordings; books J paintings; art reproductions

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K lithographs; etchings; posters; printing blocks L sculptures; furniture M memorabilia, including personal artifacts, medals, plaques, mementos, letters, gifts, death masks and other personal casts N incunabula; contemporary books; newspaper and journal clippings O manuscript letters from bellfounders; letters; certificates and charters P photos Q other Object keywords allow searches based on descriptive keywords. Display keywords allow searches based on what is depicted on objects. Title gives a short descriptive name to the object along with the first initial and last name of the maker in parentheses when available, as well as parenthetical information on whether the object is a copy and how many copies are held in the collection if the number is greater than one. Description gives a complete physical and art-historical description of the object, including an explanation of the materials when necessary and the pitch or pitch range of musical instruments. To facilitate the creation of information cards, historical information and explanations of general purpose are sometimes included. Occasionally, inscriptions are also recorded here. History retells the past of the object and its previous owners. Provenance gives information on the acquisition by or donation of the object to the MKBS. Date gives the year and occasionally month and date of the production of the object. Occasionally abbreviations used in manuscript description are employed for the sake of brevity (e.g. “s. XIXin” indicates the beginning of the 19th century and “s. XX1” the first half of the 20th century). Material keywords allow searches based on all identifiable materials from which an object has been fashioned.

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Maker gives the name of the individual or company that created the object. Dimensions gives all essential measurements of the object. Unless specified, measurements were taken at the maximum or widest point. For the first time in an MKBS catalog, the concept of precision has been employed to show to what degree measurements have been estimated. Most measurements are given to three digits precision. Remarks mainly contains cross-references to the Godenne and Huybens catalog numbers and to scholarly literature concerning the object. Full citation information for scholarly literature is given on the Citations page. This field may also contain instructions for the display of the object and other comments. Owner indicates whether the object is owned by the KBS or is on loan from another collection. SMHB inventory numbers are given for those objects from the SMHB collection. Inscriptions lists inscriptions, artist signatures, dedications, and other notes written on the objects for display or informative purposes. Translations are given for all non-English inscriptions. Condition describes any damage or decay, completed or ongoing, of the object. Conservation lists current efforts at and recommendations for the preservation of the object. Location gives the place in which the object is displayed or stored. “Museum 1” indicates the south room into which visitors first enter when visiting the Carillon Museum. “Museum 2” indicates the north room, which one must enter through Museum 1. Display cases and bell stands are numbered in clockwise order within each room, and the levels in cases are numbered “1” for ground level, “2” for middle level, and “3” for top level. Other locations include “KBS (hall)”, the entrance hall to the school, the KBS director’s office and school library, various KBS practice rooms, the KBS Archive on the top floor, and the KBS attic, which is reached through the KBS Archive. The Stadsarchief Mechelen [Mechelen City Archive] is located off-site, and its KBS and MKBS holdings may be transferred to the annex of the KBS if that building is obtained. Photo(s) provide one to three views of the object in high-resolution JPEG format, either taken from different angles or highlighting details.

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Digital Photography

Taking multiple photographs of nearly every object in the 353-object collection at high resolution over the course of twenty eight days, totaling eighty-five hours of work, proved far more physically exhausting than I had anticipated, and these numbers do not include the time spent on digital photo processing. Furthermore, the condition of the objects sometimes required minor restoration work before they could be photographed. Dead insects populated the display cases and cobwebs covered many of the heavier objects. Until the museum becomes regularly open to visitors again, this condition likely will not change.

The photography stage and setup consisted of a white screen background of paper or fabric, two spotlights, and a digital Canon SLR camera set to custom white balance and mounted on a tripod. Adobe Photoshop CS was used to process the photographs. The MKBS extends special thanks to Foto Nelissen in Mechelen for providing and transporting the photography equipment.

Translations of place and organization names

Although I have sought to make this catalog universally accessible by providing comprehensive English translations, I have occasionally referred to places and organizations only by their Dutch or French names. While it is easy to refer someone to St. Rombouts Tower in Mechelen, it is much more difficult to locate the Carthusian Priory in the little Belgian town of Sint-Martens-Lierde without its original name, Kartuizerpriorij Sint-Martens-Bosse. Thus, I have given Dutch or French names without Anglicization whenever clarity called for their usage. Abbreviations are based on un-Anglicized names to facilitate communication between those places and outside researchers, and the city of Mechlin is referred to by its official Dutch name, Mechelen.

Abbreviations KBS = Koninklijke Beiaardschool “Jef Denyn” [Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn”] MKBS = Museum Koninklijke Beiaardschool “Jef Denyn” [Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn” Museum] SMHB = Stedelijk Museum Hof van Busleyden [Court of Busleyden Municipal Museum]

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Citations Chen, Cheng-Yih, ed. Two-tone set-bells of Marquis Yi. Singapore: World Scientific, 1994. Geudens, Edmond. “Les cloches de Pulderbosch et Wyshagen et le carillon de Hasselt”. Annales de l'Académie Royale d'Archéologie de Belgique 54 (1902) : 6161-6628. Godenne, Willy. “Het Beiaardmuseum te Mechelen”. Beiaardrecitals Mechelen (1967): 36-55. Godenne, Willy. “Le Musée du Carillon à Malines”. Archives, bibliothèques et musées de Belgique XXVII.1 (1956) : 59-76. Huybens, Gilbert, ed. Stad met klank: vijf eeuwen klokken en klokkengieters te Leuven. Leuven, Belgium : Centrale Bibliotheek Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 1990. Huybens, Gilbert, Jacques Sergeys, Koen Cosaert, et al. Vijf eeuwen klokkenkunst te Mechelen. Tentoonstellingscatalogus 27 Juni-30 September 1998. Mechelen : Koninklijke Beiaardschool “Jef Denyn”, 1998. Kaicho-Sensai. “Shumei’s Three Sacred Places”. Shumei Jan./Feb. 2005: 5. <http://www.shumei.org/mag-online/shu-255.pdf> Lehr, André. The Art of the Carillon in the Low Countries. Tielt, Belgium : Lannoo, 1991. ---. Campanologie: Een Leerboek over Klank en Toon van Klokken en Beiaarden, 2nd ed. Mechelen: Koninklijke Beiaardschool “Jef Denyn”, 1997. ---. Een klokkengieter schrijft zijn opdrachtgever. Asten, the Netherlands : Nationaal Beiaardmuseum, 2004. Ramakers, Pierre. Historiek en Inventaris van het Beiaardmuseum te Mechelen. Mechelen, 1983. Sergeys, Jacques. “De Michaëlklok van de Sint-Geertruikerk te Leuven”. Nieuwsbrief Campanae Lovanienses, 1.1 (1988) : 3-5. Van Bets-Decoster, Marc and Karine. De Mechelse Klokkengieters. Mechelen: Koninklijke Beiaardschool “Jef Denyn”, 1998. Van Doorslaer, Georges. Bulletin du Cercle archéologique de Malines (1913): 43. ---. L’Ancienne Industrie du Cuivre à Malines (1910): 205.

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Acknowledgements I wish to extend my heartfelt gratitude to the following individuals and organizations for their generous and patient support of this project. Most of the information in this catalog was already compiled in the mind of my thesis advisor Koen Cosaert, and had his brain been downloadable to computer, the project would barely have required work. The professional level and clarity of the photographs are entirely thanks to our sponsor Foto Nelissen (Brusselsepoortstraat 9, 2800 Mechelen). Gert and Guido entrusted an incredible amount of photography equipment to the museum for three months—2.5 months more than I had initially requested. That being said, I could not have taken a decent picture without Carolyn Fitz’s Canon digital SLR camera, which John Bordley delivered to me at least twenty-five times. Carolyn and John gave me my first opportunity to lead a guided tour of the museum. Bruno Heremans lent technical ingenuity as well as a strong helping hand to the photography setup. Dutch teacher Goedele Krekels helped me establish basic proficiency in the language. Branko van Oppen provided impeccable translations from Latin to English, and Elena from Russian to English. Many of the newly accessioned objects in the catalog were brought to me by Jo Haazen, who told me their stories as well as those of the Russian objects in the collection. My carillon teacher, Geert D’hollander, inspired me with his ongoing museum projects at the Vleeshuis Museum in Antwerpen and in the Sint-Gummaruskerk in Lier, and offered boundless patience and support when I broke my leg and could not walk for six weeks. I wish to extend a special thanks to Susan E. Thompson at the Yale University Collection of Music Instruments. She gave me the extraordinary opportunity to curate a campanological exhibition for the 2006 Congress of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America. I first witnessed professional museum photography in action at the Collection, and my experience in cataloging there gave me the confidence and background to propose and see this project to completion. Finally, it was the Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF), under the leadership of Dr. Emile Boulpaep, that made all my “bell dreams” come true in 2005. To the BAEF, I owe this catalog and my unending gratitude.

Catalog

Inventory number A01

Object keywords swinging bell

Display keywords sugar-loaf profile

Title Chapel bell with sugar-loaf profile

Description 13th-century swinging bell with narrow sugar-loaf profile and patinated surface. The crown consists of asuspension loop and six prongs. The inscription, resembling rustic capital script, appears unusually high on the shoulder. A small medallion on the flankmay represent a coin.

Formerly hung in the chapel of the destroyed castle of La Motte near Bousval, this bell may be the oldestexample of its kind in Belgium.

Photo(s)

Maker unknown

Date 13th centuryMaterial keywords bronze

Condition Some white paint on lip.

Dimensions height: 46 cm; crown: 12 cm; diameter: 51 cm

Remarks Godonne 46. Huybens C173.

Owner MKBSInscriptions EGO VOCOR JULIANA JOHANÈS [I am called Juliana Johanès]

Location MKBS (museum 2, bell stand 12)

Conservation

History Acquired by the KBS for 10000 Belgian francs in 1948.

Provenance La Motte (Bousval, Belgium)


Object keywords bell

Display keywords Crucifixion, Mary, John

Title Saint Ursula bell

Description Bronze bell with Gothic profile, three lines of inscriptions near the shoulder, and ornaments representing Christ on the cross between Mary and John.

In unabbreviated Latin, the inscription reads, “SanctaVrsula cvm sodales, orate pro nobis. Facta anno 1624Avgvsto 26. Reverendissimvs Dominvs Stephanvs Episcopvs Dionysiensis svffraganevs et canonicvs Leodiensis religiosarvm Vrsvlinarvm Leodiensivm fvndator generalis director.”

Photo(s)

Maker unknown

Date 26 August 1624Material keywords bronze

Condition

Dimensions diameter: 33.0 cm; height to crown: 35.0 cm; crown: 9.0 cm

Remarks Godenne 47

Owner MKBSInscriptions S VRSVLA CUM SODAL ORA TE P N FACT A° 1624 AGV 26 RMVS D /

STEPHANVS EPS DIONYSIEN SVFFRAGAN ET CACVS LEOD RELIGIOSAR/ VRSVLINAR LEOD FVNDATOR GNLIS DIRECTOR [Saint Ursula with [your] companions, pray for us. Made in the year 1624, August 26. Most Venerable Lord Stephan Bishop Suffragan of Dionysius and the Canon of Liège, general director, has established the Ursiline nuns of Liège]


Conservation

History Cast on the occasion of the foundation of the first monastery of the Ursiline nuns in Liège. Acquired bythe KBS for 10000 Belgian francs in 1948.

Provenance Couvent des Ursulines, Liège, Belgium



Display keywords

Title Bell (P. van den Ghein III)

Description Anthracite-colored bell with Gothic profile, six-pronged crown, inscription in Roman majuscule script below shoulder, and three winged cherubs bearing blank signs below the inscription. The D in the inscription is actually represented by a backwardsG.

Photo(s)

Maker Pieter van den Ghein III (d. 1618)

Date 1613Material keywords bronze

Condition


Remarks Godenne 48. Van Doorslaer, Bulletin 43, Cuivre 205. Van Bets 61-62, 182-183.

Owner Stedelijk Museum Hof van BusleydenInscriptions PEETER VANDEN GHEIN HEFT ME FECIT MDCXIII (arms of Mechelen)

[Pieter van den Ghein has made me in 1613]


Conservation

History See C14 for the founder’s use of the same angel ornament on another bell.

Provenance



Display keywords

Title Bell (P. van den Gheyn)

Description Bronze bell with Gothic profile and majuscule inscription on shoulder. There are three flattened spots below the inscription “PEETER” at which thebell was struck by external hammers, but no clapperwear is visible inside.

Photo(s)

Maker Pieter van den Gheyn I (d. 1561)


Condition Lacking clapper.

Dimensions diameter: 22.7 cm; height: 22.0 cm

Remarks Godenne 49

Owner Stedelijk Museum Hof van BusleydenInscriptions PEETER VANDEN GHEYN ME FECIT 1651 [Pieter van den Gheyn made me in

1651]

Location MKBS (museum 1, case 1, level 1)

Conservation

History

Provenance


Object keywords carillon bell

Display keywords

Title Carillon bell from St. Rombouts (P. Hemony)

Description Gothic profile bell with broken crown and lacking clapper. Two external hammer marks are visible on the soundbow, and one clapper mark is visible inside.A Latin capitalis quadrata inscription appears on the shoulder with an ornamental floral band beneath. Thecrown is broken off, and there are two soundholes inthe shoulder. An orange ‘E’ has been painted on the flank, referring to the note it sounded.

Photo(s)

Maker Pieter Hemony (1619-1680)


Condition Lacking clapper, crown broken, slight patina and chalk marks on interior.


Remarks Godenne 50. Huybens C176.

Owner MKBSInscriptions PETRUS HEMONY AMSTELODAMI ME FEC[IT]: A°[NNO] 1674 [Pieter

Hemony of Amsterdam made me in the year 1674]


Conservation

History

Provenance old carillon of St. Rombouts Tower


Object keywords bell, Mechelen

Display keywords

Title Bell (B. Cauthals)

Description Bell with Gothic profile showing a fleur-de-lis band on shoulder and a Latin inscription in capitalis quadrata below the band. The crown is a plain arch, and the iron clapper is attached by a hook. Sounds atg1.

Photo(s)

Maker Bartholomeus Cauthals I (1614-1686)

Date 1686Material keywords bronze, iron

Condition Patina in interior, rusted clapper.


Remarks Godenne 51. Huybens B30. Van Bets 73, 183.

Owner Stedelijk Museum Hof van BusleydenInscriptions BARTHOLOMEUS CAUTHALS ME FUNDIT 1686 [Bartholomeus Cauthals made

me in 1686]


Conservation

History Bartholomeus Cauthals I learned bellfounding in Mechelen as an apprentice to his father, Jan Cauthals.As his output covers the period from 1641-1686, thisis his last known bell.

Provenance



Display keywords

Title Bell from the carillon of Harelbeke (J. Dumery)

Description Carillon bell from the Sint-Salvatorskerk in Harelbekewith Gothic profile and acanthus and rocaille ornamentation around the Latin shoulder inscription in capitalis quadrata. The crown takes the form of a simplified fleur-de-lis.

When Jef Denyn helped commission a new carillon for the Sint-Salvatorskerk to replace the one damagedin World War I, the old Dumery bells were used for the carillon of the 1935 World’s Fair in Brussels. Themuseum acquired one of the bells during the subsequent sale.

Photo(s)

Maker Joris Dumery (1715-1784)


Condition

Dimensions diameter: 33.5 cm; height to crown: 27.0 cm

Remarks Godenne 52. Huybens 175.

Owner MKBSInscriptions (Maltese cross) GEORGIUS DUMERY ME FECIT ANTVERPIÆ 1737 (Maltese

cross) [Joris Dumery made me in Antwerp 1737]


Conservation

History Originally cast for the Carthusian Priory (Kartuizerpriorij Sint-Martens-Bosse) in Sint-Martens-Lierde and sold to the chapter of Harelbeke when Joseph II closed the priory.

Provenance Sint-Salvatorkerk, Harelbeke, Belgium



Display keywords

Title Bell from La Maison d’Orient

Description Anthracite-colored bell from the old Pottery of Mechelen bearing two bands of French inscriptions on its shoulder in capitalis quadrata script.

Photo(s)

Maker unknown


Condition Corroded exterior. One prong of crown is broken. Dabs of white paint at lip.

Dimensions height: 45 cm; crown: 15 cm; diameter: 56 cm

Remarks Godenne 53

Owner MKBSInscriptions LA MAISON DORIENT MA FAIT FAIRE POUR SON USAGE ± LAN 1746 / ET

DAME MECHTIL DE PAX A PAYÆ MA FACON [The House of the Orient mademe for its usage in the year 1746 and Dame Mechtil De Pax paid my way]


Conservation

History

Provenance



Display keywords

Title Swinging bell (A. J. Van den Gheyn)

Description Bronze anthracite-colored swinging bell cast by Andreas Van den Gheyn in Leuven. It hangs from a portion of a wooden straight swinging axis. A band ofLatin inscription in capitalis quadrata script on the shoulder is framed above by a band of grapes and fleur-de-lis and below by a band of acanthus. Each ofthe six crown prongs is ornamented by a cherub’s head emerging from an acanthus leaf. Overall, an impressive example of workmanship.

Photo(s)

Maker Andreas Jozef Van den Gheyn (1737-1793)

Date 1767Material keywords bronze, wood, iron

Condition

Dimensions diameter: 37.0 cm; height to crown: 30.0 cm; crown: 8.0 cm; overall height: 59.0 cm

Remarks Godenne 54. Huybens C174. Lehr, Art 180.

Owner MKBSInscriptions ANDREAS VANDEN GHEYN ME FECIT LOVANII ANNO 1767 [Andreas van

den Gheyn made me in Leuven in the year 1767]

Location MKBS (museum 2, between cases 2 and 3)

Conservation

History This bell comes from Enghien, Belgium. The Park Abbey in Heverlee has an almost identical swinging bell by the same bellfounder.

Provenance Purchased in 1953 for 5000 Belgian francs


Object keywords carillon bell, Bruges

Display keywords coat of arms

Title Carillon bell (J. Dumery)

Description Bell with Gothic profile and six-pronged crown. Bands of floral ornamentation enclose the Latin shoulder inscription in capitalis quadrata script, and the ancient arms of the Counts of Flanders (gyronnyof twelve Azure and Or, an escutcheon Gules) is represented on the flank.

Photo(s)



Condition


Remarks Godenne 55

Owner MKBSInscriptions G. DUMERY ME FECIT BRUGIS 1786 [G. Dumery made me in Bruges 1786]


Conservation

History

Provenance Carillon of the Belfort in Bruges, Belgium



Display keywords

Title Bell from the carillon in Geraardsbergen

Description Bell with Gothic profile from the carillon of Sint-Bartholomeuskerk in Geraardsbergen. There are twoholes by the crown.

Photo(s)

Maker unknown

Date unknownMaterial keywords bronze

Condition Outer layer is highly corroded, crown is broken.

Dimensions diameter: 34.0 cm; height to crown: 28.0 cm

Remarks Godenne 56

Owner MKBSInscriptions


Conservation

History

Provenance Gift of the city of Geraardsbergen, Belgium



Display keywords

Title Unornamented bell from Geraardsbergen

Description Unornamented bell with Gothic profile and tall crown from the carillon of Sint-Bartholomeuskerk inGeraardsbergen. The surface is corroded and one exterior strike point shows clearly on the soundbow.

Photo(s)

Maker unknown

Date unknownMaterial keywords bronze

Condition Lacks clapper.


Remarks Godenne 57



Conservation

History

Provenance Gift of the city of Geraardsbergen, Belgium


Object keywords bell, tribute, memorabilia

Display keywords

Title Bell for Jef Denyn (M. Michiels)

Description Bell with Gothic profile, six-pronged crown, and twolines of capitalis inscriptions in Dutch at the shoulderornamented above and below by acanthus leaves. Thebell was dedicated by Kamiel Lefévere and Staf Neesto Jef Denyn.

Photo(s)

Maker Marcel Michiels and Son (Tournai)


Condition



Owner MKBSInscriptions shoulder: KAMIEL LEFEVERE EN GUSTAAF NEES AAN HUNNEN (pointing

hand) / MEESTER JEF DENYN DEN 15 OOGST 1922 (floret) [Kamiel Lefèvere and Gustaaf Nees to their master Jef Denyn, the 15 August 1922]soundbow: M. MICHIELS EN ZOON KLOKKENGIETERS TE DOORNIK. [M.Michiels and son, bellfounders in Tournai]


Conservation

History Given to Jef Denyn on 15 October 1922 by Lefévereand Nees.

Provenance



Display keywords

Title Bell with arms of Mechelen (M. Michiels)

Description Gold-colored bell with Gothic profile, the coat of arms of Mechelen in relief on its flank, and the date of casting just below the shoulder.

Photo(s)

Maker Marcel Michiels, Jr. (Tournai, 1898-1962)




Remarks Godenne 59

Owner MKBSInscriptions below shoulder: 1938


Conservation

History Cast on the occasion of the Carillon Exhibition in theCity Hall of Mechelen. See G11.

Provenance 1938 Carillon Exhibition in Mechelen



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Title Swinging bell (P. van den Gheyn II or III)

Description A bronze bell suspended from a wall attachment from which it swings sideways along the wall. With inscription around the shoulder in Roman capitals and well-worn strike points on the interior. Sounds slightly below g#1.

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Maker Pieter van den Gheyn II (d. 1598) / III (d.1618)


Condition Section of lip seems to have been worn away.

Dimensions diameter: 25.3 cm; height to crown: 19.3 cm; crown: 7.0 cm; stand height: 34.7 cm

Remarks Van Bets 182

Owner Stedelijk Museum Hof van BusleydenInscriptions PEETER VANDEN GHEIN ME FECIT MDXCIIII (fleur-de-lis)

[Peter vanden Ghein made me MDXCIIII]

Location MKBS (museum 2, northwest wall)

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Object keywords bell fragment

Display keywords Assumption, Mary

Title Assumption bell fragment (P. van den Gheyn II)

Description Anthracite-colored fragment of a bell from the Sint Janskerk in Mechelen. The Assumption scene depictsthe Virgin on an altar, her hands clasped in prayer, surrounded by angels holding her robe.

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Maker Pieter van den Gheyn II (d. 1598)


Condition

Dimensions width: 13.4 cm; height: 12.9 cm; thickness: 2.4 cm

Remarks Godenne 23c



Conservation

History Salvaged from a bell destroyed during World War II.

Provenance Sint-Janskerk, Mechelen, Belgium



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Title Bell fragment (van den Gheyn)

Description Fragment from the shoulder and flank of a bell. Around the shoulder is a floral band interspersed with putti ringing handbells, below that a band of inscription in capitalis quadrata script, and beneath another floral band on the flank.

The Hemony brothers were the first to use an ornamental band of musical putti on their bells, and subsequent founders frequently imitated it.

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Maker (?) van den Gheyn

Date 16th - 17th centuryMaterial keywords bronze

Condition

Dimensions width: 28 cm; height: 29 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions [V]ANDEN GHEY[N]

Location MKBS (museum 2, between bell stands 3 and 5)

Conservation

History Salvaged from a bell destroyed during the French Revolution or World War II.

Provenance



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Title Bell fragment (A. L. van den Gheyn)

Description Fragment of a bronze bell showing bands of floral ornamentation and the incomplete inscription “GHEY”. Perhaps by Andreas Lodewijk Vanden Gheyn, as the fragment shows identical ornaments tothose found on a bell in St.-Hermeskerk in Ronse.

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Maker Andreas Lodewijk Vanden Gheyn (1758-1833)(?)

Date s. XVIII/XIVMaterial keywords bronze

Condition

Dimensions width: 23.7 cm; height: 24.5; thickness: 3.1 cm

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Owner MKBSInscriptions GHEY[N]


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Title Saint’s bell fragment

Description Fragment from the shoulder and flank of a bell with three bands of Dutch inscriptions in capitalis quadrata script between two bands of acanthus. The inscription names the bell after a saint, whose name would have followed after the fragment “SANC”. There is also an engraved inscription around the shoulder.

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Maker

Date 1785 (or 1783)Material keywords bronze

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Dimensions width: 46 cm; height: 42.5 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions P (cross) ICK BEN GENAEMT SANC / [I an named Saint ...]

E. DESER STADT MŸNE. MET /ENDE TEN IAERE 1785(?) IN SEaround crown: ...OKg. / ...493


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Title Bell fragment from soundbow (J. Dumery)

Description Fragment from the soundbow of a bell with two bands of inscriptions in capitalis quadrata script.

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Owner MKBSInscriptions J (or I ?) / DU MERY ME


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Title Bell fragment (J. Dumery)

Description Fragment of the shoulder and flank of a bell. The fanciful shoulder band depicts putti holding olive branches and riding chimeras through acanthus leaves. The scene is marked periodically by a beardedbust on a pedestal. Below is a generously spaced inscription in capitalis quadrata script from which hang thick acanthus leaves. Information about the bell was engraved around the crown.

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Owner MKBSInscriptions shoulder: GEORGIUS DU M[ERY]

around crown: [?]05 KG


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Title Bell fragment with putti (A. L. van den Gheyn)

Description Fragment of the shoulder and flank of a bell. The shoulder band represents putti playing musical instruments in the clouds. A 4-cm portion of the band appears to have been repeated to complete the relief around the shoulder. Beneath the clouds is an inscription consisting of numbers of different scripts.On the flank is a wide and elaborate band of curling vines.

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Maker Andreas Lodewijk van den Gheyn (1758-1833)


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Dimensions width: 35.5; height: 32.7 cm

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Owner MKBSInscriptions 1821


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Title Rococo bell fragment

Description Bell fragment with Rococo ornamentation consistingof a band of floral ornamentation and two bands of inscriptions. The inscriptions appear to be on the flank of the bell, which is a rather unusual position. Also of note is the ‘R’ in “DER”, which is actually aminiscule ‘h’.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords bronze

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Owner MKBSInscriptions AER DER ST

OCHIA


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Title Crucifixion bell fragment

Description Fragment of the flank of a bell representing the Crucifixion and Mary, perhaps with Mary Magdalene,embracing the foot of the cross. The scene takes place atop an altar ornamented by three bands of grape vines resting atop a thick acanthus base.

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Object keywords table bell

Display keywords Adam and Eve

Title Adam and Eve table bell (A. Steylaert)

Description A bronze and anthracite colored table bell showing Adam and Eve twice and an eagle with outspread wings on a pedestal between two griffins twice. Beneath the flattened shoulder is a wreath suspendedfrom four rams’ heads and a Dutch inscription in capitalis quadrata script. The handle is ornamented bythree thick acanthus leaves. Sounds at a1.

The following identifying marks or labels are found on the interior: M, 4 VD, 543.

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Maker Adriaan Steylaert (Mechelen, c. 1530-1581)


Condition

Dimensions diameter: 8.8 cm; height: 12.1 cm; weight: 0.41 kg

Remarks Godenne 25D. Huybens B59.

Owner Stedelijk Museum Hof van Busleyden (D 14)Inscriptions shoulder: LOF GOD VAN AL [Priase to God by all]

soundbow: GHEGOTEN VAN ADRIAEN STEIILAERT (arms of Mechelen) [Castby Adriaan Steylaert]


Conservation

History Steylaert made few carillon bells, but cast a full rangeof handbells with attention to detail. He learned the art of bellfounding from Jacob Waghevens in Mechelen.

Provenance Probably Georges van Doorslaer Collection



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Title Caesar table bell (A. Steylaert)

Description Anthracite-colored table bell with iron clapper. The flank depicts four heads of winged cherubs and four florets below the shoulder, the bust of Caesar in a wreath of flowers, an eagle with outspread wings on apedestal, and two busts, perhaps of Roman emperors,in a laurel wreath. A Dutch inscription in angular capitalis script rests on the soundbow. The handle isornamented by three acanthus leaves. Sounds at b-flat1.

The following identifying marks or labels are found on the interior: M 1, G VD.

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Date 16th centuryMaterial keywords bronze, iron

Condition


Remarks Godenne 25E. Huybens B58.

Owner Stedelijk Museum Hof van Busleyden (D 8)Inscriptions GHEGOTEN VAN ADRIAEN STEIILAERT (Maltese cross) [Cast by Adriaan

Steylaert]


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Display keywords Crucifixion, Christ, Mary, John

Title Crucifixion table bell (A. Steylaert)

Description Anthracite-colored table bell with iron clapper. The flank depicts a garland supported four times by Veronica’s veil and ornaments, two crowned Romanbusts in a wreath of flowers, Christ carrying the cross,a bust in a wreath, and Christ on the cross between Mary and Saint John. A Dutch inscription in angular capitalis script rests on the soundbow. The handle, a later addition or repair, is ornamented by three acanthus leaves and has a hole for a cord. Sounds slightly below c2.The following identifying marks or labels are found on this interior: M 2, 5 VD.

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Date 16th centuryMaterial keywords bronze, iron

Condition The handle appears to have been reattached or cast anew.


Remarks Godenne 25F. Huybens B57.

Owner Stedelijk Museum Hof van Busleyden (D 6)Inscriptions GHEGOEN (sic) VAN ADRIAEN STEIILAERT (arms of Mechelen) [Cast by

Adriaan Steylaert]


Conservation

History Table bells cast in this period were often used as Eucharist bells and thus featured religious imagery.




Display keywords Virgin Mary, Gabriel, Annunciation

Title Annunciation table bell (J. van den Eynde(?))

Description Anthracite-colored table bell depicting the archangelGabriel bearing a scepter and the Annunciation Virgin in an aureole with a book on her lap. They alternate with two vases of lilies, each framed by twodancing putti. Inscriptions ornament the shoulder andsoundbow, the former in Latin capitalis quadrata andthe latter in Dutch uncials. The handle is enclosed in three acanthus leaves.

The following identifying marks or labels are found on the interior: M, 11 VD.

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Maker attributed to Jan van den Eijnde


Condition No clapper, but modern clapper eye added.


Remarks Godenne 25G. Huybens B48.

Owner Stedelijk Museum Hof van Busleyden (D 12)Inscriptions shoulder: AVE MARIA GRACIA PLENA (Maltese cross)

soundbow: IC BEN GHEGOTEN INT JAR MDXLVIII (branch) [I was made in theyear 1548]


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Title Table bell (J. van den Eynde)

Description Small bronze anthracite-colored table bell with iron clapper by Jan van den Eynde. The flank depicts fourcaryatids supporting a garland on their heads, interspersed with birds. Above the shoulder are four cherub heads, and a Latin inscription in capitalis quadrata rests on the soundbow. Welding seams are visible. Sounds at a-flat 2.

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Maker Jan van den Eynde (Mechelen, 1515-1556)


Condition


Remarks Godenne 25H. Van Bets-Decoster 53.

Owner Stedelijk Museum Hof van BusleydenInscriptions ME FECIT JOHANNES A FINE A°1554 [Jan van den Eynde made me in 1554]


Conservation

History Jan van den Eynde gained prominence through the numerous table bells he cast under the Latinization ofhis name, Johannes a Fine.




Display keywords Orpheus

Title Orpheus table bell (P. van den Ghein II)

Description Anthracite-colored table bell depicting Orpheus charming the animals with his song and violin (ratherthan his archetypal lyre). He is seated between a lion and a dog, and around them are a hare, standing dog,sphinx, and owl perched on a stylized acanthus branch. Two babies’ heads and plants appear below the uneven Dutch shoulder inscription in capitalis quadrata, and a Latin inscription appears on the soundbow. The handle is ornamented by three acanthus leaves. Sounds at e2.The following identifying marks or labels are found on the interior: M, 10 VD, C. 355.

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Maker Pieter van den Ghein II (d. 1598)


Condition

Dimensions diameter: 8.1 cm; height: 11.0 cm; weight: 0.4 g

Remarks Godenne 25J. Huybens B54. Van Bets 182.

Owner Stedelijk Museum Hof van Busleyden (D 9)Inscriptions shoulder: OFT GOD VAN AL (arms of Mechelen) [Praise to God by all. N.B. ‘L’ of

‘LOFT’ is missing.]soundbow: PETRVS GHEINEVS ME FECIT 1568 (arms of Mechelen) [Pieter van den Ghein made me in 1568]


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Title Orpheus table bell (P. van den Ghein)

Description Anthracite- and green-colored table bell with iron clapper. The flank depicts Orpheus charming animalswith his violin (not his archetypal lyre). He sits between a lion and a dog and monkey, followed by abird perched on a floret, a hare, a standing dog, a sphinx, and another bird atop a floret. Latin inscriptions in capitalis quadrata decorate the shoulder and soundbow. The handle is ornamented by two putti and contains a hole for a cord. Sounds atf#1.The following identifying marks or labels are found on the interior: M, 9/PC 13, 707 III.

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Maker Pieter van den Ghein [II] (d. 1598)


Condition The lip is chipped, the iron clapper rusted.


Remarks Godenne 25K. Huybens B55.

Owner Stedelijk Museum Hof van Busleyden (D 13)Inscriptions shoulder: O MATER DEI MEMENTO ME (arms of Mechelen) [O Mother of God,

remember me]soundbow: PETRUS GHEINEVS ME FECIT 1588 [Pieter van den Ghein made me in 1588]


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Display keywords Virgin Mary, angel, Annunciation

Title Annunciation table bell (P. van den Ghein)

Description Bronze anthracite-colored table bell with iron clapper.The flank depicts the archangel Gabriel with a scepter, the Virgin Mary in an aureole with a book onher lap, a vase of lilies, and three ornaments. Latin inscriptions decorate the shoulder and flank in capitalis quadrata script and the soundbow in uncial script. Three acanthus leaves enclose the handle. Thebell sounds at b-flat 1.

The following identifying marks or labels are found on the interior: M, 7 VD.

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Maker Pieter van den Ghein [II] (d. 1598)


Condition Lip is chipped, clapper rusted.


Remarks Godenne 25L. Huybens B53.

Owner Stedelijk Museum Hof van Busleyden (D 15)Inscriptions shoulder: O MATER DEI MEMENTO ME (floret) [O Mother of God, remember

me]flank: AVE GRACIA PLENA [Ave Maria, full of grace]soundbow: ME FECIT PETRUS AGEIN MDLXIII (floret) [Pieter van den Ghein made me in 1563]


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Title Orpheus table bell (attrib. P. van den Ghein)

Description Anthracite-colored table bell depicting Orpheus charming animals with his violin (rather than his archetypal lyre). A pelican, bear, small and large florets with birds, and a sphinx stand around him, and below the shoulder of the bell are the heads of asatyr and a bull. The soundbow shows the arms of Mechelen twice with fleur-de-lis. The handle is ornamented by three putti.

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Maker attributed to P. van den Ghein

Date [16th century]Material keywords bronze

Condition No clapper, lip is chipped.


Remarks Godenne 25M

Owner Stedelijk Museum Hof van BusleydenInscriptions


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Object keywords mortar, pestle

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Title Mortar (P. van den Ghein I or II)

Description Bronze mortar with plain ornamental bands and Latininscription in uncial script below the rim. Sounds at b-flat 1. Accompanied by a bronze pestle.

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Maker Pieter van den Ghein I (d. 1561) or II (d. 1598)


Condition Small chip at lip.


Remarks Huybens B35.

Owner Stedelijk Museum Hof van BusleydenInscriptions PETRUS VANDEN GHEIN ME FECIT MCCCCCLIX (floret) [Pieter van den

Ghein made me in 1559]


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History Mortars were used both in the home and in pharmacies for grinding medicines and other substances.

Provenance


Object keywords mortar

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Title Mortar (P. van den Ghein)

Description Small bronze-colored mortar with ornamental bandsand Latin inscription in capitalis script beneath the rim. Sounds at f#2.

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Maker Pieter van den Ghein [I] (d. 1561)


Condition Lip is chipped in several places.


Remarks

Owner Stedelijk Museum Hof van BusleydenInscriptions PETRUS VANDEN GHEIN ME FECIT 1573 (arms of Mechelen) [Pieter van den

Ghein made me in 1573]


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Object keywords mortar

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Title Mortar (J. van den Ghein)

Description Bronze-colored mortar with ornamental band of acanthus, griffons, and bull heads and Latin inscription in uncial script below rim. Sounds at d2.

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Maker Jan van den Ghein III (d. 1626)


Condition Chip at lip, oxidation around reliefs.


Remarks Huybens B40

Owner Stedelijk Museum Hof van BusleydenInscriptions HANS VANDEN GHEIN ME FECIT MCCCCCCIII [Johannes van den Ghein

made me in 1603]


Conservation

History Jan van den Ghein III usually signed his name as Hans van den Ghein and composed his inscriptions in Dutch rather than in Latin. The inscription on thismortar is thus an exception.

Provenance


Object keywords chime

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Title Four-bell chime

Description A quadrillon (?) of four bells with Gothic profiles andinscriptions cast by Van Bergen in a simple tapered wooden framework. Each clapper ball has a leather strap attached to its loop that ends in a tassel. The bells sound at C#2, E2, G#2, and C#3, building a minor chord on C#.

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Maker Van Bergen (Heiligerlee, the Netherlands)

Date 1952Material keywords bronze, wood

Condition The C#2 bell lacks a leather strap.

Dimensions stand base: 57.0 cm x 57.0 cm; stand height: 46.5 cm;bell diameters: C#2 23.0 cm, E2 20.4 cm, G#2 19.5 cm, C#3 20.3 cm

Remarks May be used to explain the etymological origin of thewords “carillon” and “beiaard”.

Owner MKBSInscriptions shoulder: 19VAN BERGEN52 / HEILIGERLEE

flank: THE NETHERLANDS


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Object keywords tribute bell

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Title KBS Honorary Membership bell

Description Bronze-colored bell with standard Gothic profile andsix-pronged crown. It sounds slightly below d2.

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Owner MKBSInscriptions MICHIELS / ROYAL CARILLON SCHOOL / HONORARY MEMBERSHIP /

1960


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Object keywords tribute bell, Henry

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Title Commemoration bell for Leon Henry

Description Bronze bell with Gothic profile suspended in a wooden bell cage. Dedicated to Leon Henry after hisdeath, as indicated by the Latin flank inscription. Latin inscriptions also appear on the reverse flank and on the shoulder above a band of acanthus. Sounds at a1.

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Condition Originally accompanied by a portrait of Henry.

Dimensions diameter: 48.5 cm; height: 45.0 cm; base: 95.0 cm x 93.5 cm x 127.4 cm

Remarks Godenne 9

Owner MKBSInscriptions EGO VOCOR / LEO HENRY / 1888 - 1955 [I am called / Léon Henry / 1888 -

1955]back flank: TINTINNABULARIUS / NIVELLARUM / ET CAROLOREGII [Bellman of Nivelles and of King Charles]shoulder: ME FUDIT M MICHIELS JR TORNACI A°1956 [M. Michiels, Jr. made mein Tournai year 1956]


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Provenance Gift of the heirs of Leon Henry


Object keywords tribute bell, Henry, Klein

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Title Commemoration bell for Blanche Klein

Description Gothic profile bronze bell hanging in a wooden bell cage, commemorating the wife of carillonneur LéonHenry, Blanche Klein. There are Latin inscriptions incapitalis quadrata script on the flank and shoulder, and the arms of Mechelen ornaments the soundbow.A woven golden rope with tassel is used to swing theclapper.

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Maker Jacques Sergeys (Leuven, b. 1933)

Date 1976Material keywords bronze, wood

Condition

Dimensions diameter: 42.8 cm; height: 40.5 cm; stand: width: 95.0cm x 93.8 cm x 126.5 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions flank: EGO VOCOR / DOMINA LEON HENRY / NATA BLANCHE KLEIN /

1886-1975 [I am called / Mrs. Leon Henry / born Blanche Klein ...]shoulder: J. SERGEYS ME FUDIT LOVANII 1976 [J. Sergeys made me in Leuven 1976]

Location MKBS (museum 2)

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History

Provenance Gift of the heirs of Leon Henry


Object keywords tribute bell, Olbrechts

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Title Commemoration bell for Frans Olbrechts

Description Gothic profile bronze bell in wooden bell cage dedicated to Frans M. Olbrechts, as indicated by Dutch inscription in capitalis quadrata script on flank.A Latin inscription ornaments the shoulder underlined by a band of architectural motif. Sounds ata1.

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Dimensions diameter: 47.5 cm; height: 46.0 cm; stand: 96.0 cm x 94.0 cm x 116.0 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions flank: M / IN LIEFDE DIENEND / FRANS M OLBRECHTS / MECHELEN

1899 ~ AACHEN 1958 [M / Serving in love ...]shoulder: J SERGEYS ME FUDIT LOVANII 1978 [J. Sergeys cast me in Leuven 1978]


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History Anthropologist Frans Olbrechts (1899-1958) was director of the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren.

Provenance Gift of the family of Frans Olbrechts


Object keywords tribute bell, Colson

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Title Commemoration bell for Adèle Colson

Description Gothic profile bronze-colored bell suspended from wooden bell cage, dedicated to Adele Colson. Dutch inscription on flank and Latin inscription on shoulder, both in capitalis quadrata, with architecturalmotif band below shoulder inscription identical to that on A41.Sounds at g#1.

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Dimensions diameter: 51.0 cm; height: 48.3 cm; stand: 95.5 cm x 94.5 cm x 116.0 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions flank: JUBILEUM-KLOK / ADELE COLSON / IN 1929 EERSTE

BEIAARDIERSTER / TER WERELD / 1979 [Jubilee-bell / Adèle Colson / in 1929first carillonneuse / in the world]shoulder: J. SERGEYS ME FUDIT LOVANII 1978 [J. Sergeys founded me in Leuven1978]


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History Adèle Colson, the first female student to attend and graduate from the KBS, was awarded a replacement diploma in 1979 on the fiftieth anniversary of her graduation.

Provenance Gift of Adèle Colson

Inventory number B01

Object keywords clapper

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Title Iron clapper

Description Anthracite-colored clapper of forged iron with hexagonal cross-section and two circular holes at the top for attachment to the bell with leather straps.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords forged iron

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Dimensions length: 69.5 cm; clapper ball diameter: 9.0 cm

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Owner KBSInscriptions

Location MKBS (museum 2, under case 6b)

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Title Iron clapper

Description Rather short and thick anthracite-colored clapper of forged iron, with suspension hook and loop extrudingfrom clapper ball.

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Title Iron clapper

Description Anthracite-colored clapper of forged iron with attachment hook and loop beneath clapper ball. Its cross-section is hexagonal rather than round, and it isrelatively thin for its length.

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Location MKBS (museum 2, under case 6a)

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Title Iron clapper with protrusion from ball

Description Anthracite-colored cast/forged iron clapper with attachment hook. The clapper ball has an unidentifiedprotrusion and a loop at the bottom.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords cast iron / forged iron

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Dimensions length: 52.0 cm; diameter: 8.5 cm

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Title Iron clapper with worn protrusion from ball

Description Anthracite-colored cast/forged iron clapper with attachment hook. The clapper ball has an almost completely worn down protrusion, and a figure-8 metal loop hangs from the loop at the bottom of theclapper ball.

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DateMaterial keywords cast iron / forged iron

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Title Large iron clapper

Description Rust-brown forged iron clapper, with three rectangular openings with arched tops for attachmentto the inside of the bell with leather straps that allowed the clapper to swing flexibly.

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Maker


Condition Heavily rusted.


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Location MKBS (museum 2, under case 5)

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Object keywords hammer, automatic play, versteek

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Title Three-hammer set from an automatic play

Description Anthracite-colored forged iron hammers with 5 to 7openings along their length. The bar to which they are attached has an opening for a “split pin” (such asthat on manila envelopes). Two hammers have pointed strike points and one a blunt strike point.

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Dimensions length: 44.0 cm; widths: 23.0 cm, 19.5 cm

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Object keywords hammer, automatic play, versteek

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Title Two-hammer set from an automatic play

Description Two anthracite-colored forged iron hammers with large pointed heads. The third head is missing. The handle of each hammer has 9 holes. They are attached to an axle to which an attachment plate is also attached.

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Condition Half of one hammer is missing (originally there were three).

Dimensions length: 44.0 cm; widths: 20.0 cm, 21.5 cm

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Title Iron clapper with pear-shaped clapper ball

Description Anthracite-colored cast iron clapper that is broken off at the top and attached to a steel hammer. The clapper ball follows the the pear-shaped model and shows welding seams.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords cast iron, steel

Condition Suspension loop has broken off.

Dimensions clapper ball diameter: 7 cm; ball height: 10 cm; stem length; 21 cm

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Location MKBS (museum 2, case 3a)

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Display keywords

Title Iron clapper

Description Anthracite-colored forged iron clapper with attachment hook, hexagonal cross-section, and elliptical clapper ball.

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Title Iron clapper

Description Forged iron clapper with suspension hook, clapper ball filed down to roughly cylindrical shape, and loopprotruding from end.

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Location MKBS (museum 2, case 3b)

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Title Iron clapper with leather-wrapped ball

Description Anthracite-colored forged iron clapper with clapper ball wrapped in leather. Clapper ball enclosed in leather and screwed into clapper handle, but no longer fits well. A fragment of rope is still tied to thebottom loop.

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DateMaterial keywords forged iron, leather

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History Once installed in the Tower of Busleyden for a short-lived idea to make the carillon sound less harsh, but the leather wore down too quickly.

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Title Iron clapper

Description Anthracite-colored forged iron clapper with suspension hook, slightly cylindrical clapper ball, andloop protruding from end.

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Object keywords carillon, clapper

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Title Iron carillon clapper

Description Anthracite-colored forged iron clapper with suspension hook for attachment to a carillon bell.

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Condition Extremely corroded, pitted surface.


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Description Anthracite-colored forged iron clapper with suspension hook for attachment to a carillon bell. Below the clapper ball is attached a double-ended wire connection for the spring and chains between clappers.

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Description Anthracite-colored forged iron clapper with suspension hook for attachment to a carillon bell.

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Title Small brass clapper

Description Brass- and green-colored brass clapper with broken loop at the top and rectangular eye protruding from clapper ball.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords brass

Condition Broken suspension loop.


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Location MKBS (museum 2, case a)

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Inventory number C01

Object keywords St. Rombouts Tower, carillon bell

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Title Partial copy of “Jef Denyn” bell

Description Copy of part of the flank of a carillon bell with the bust of Jef Denyn in relief bordered by Art Nouveaugrape vines. The front is painted black and a loop is attached to the top. Felix Van Aerschodt was commissioned to cast a bell for Denyn in 1910 to replace an old bell in the carillon of St. Rombouts Tower and to commemorate his 25th anniversary as city carillonneur of Mechelen. This copy was probably made when the Van Aerschodt bell, being of poor sound quality, was recast.

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Maker Felix van Aerschodt (1870-1943) (copy)

Date 1912Material keywords plaster, paint

Condition

Dimensions width: 38.0 cm; height: 34.0 cm

Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions Above bust: [GEGOTE]N DOOR FELIX VANAERSCHODT [Cast by Felix Van

Aerschodt]Below bust: JEF DENYN


Conservation Stands on a white terra cotta bell of unknown origin.

History Casts were made to preserve ornaments in copy, particularly during wartime when bells were at risk ofconfiscation.

Provenance old carillon of St. Rombouts Tower


Object keywords medallion

Display keywords Madonna, Mary, Jesus

Title Madonna medallion (copy)

Description Copy of an elliptical medallion depicting the Madonna holding the infant Jesus. She wears a crownand holds a scepter in her left hand.

The front is painted green and a loop is attached to the top.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords plaster, paint

Condition

Dimensions medallion diameters: 11.7 cm and 14.9 cm

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History

Provenance


Object keywords medallion, Pulderbosch

Display keywords Annunciation, Mary, Gabriel, garden

Title Annunciation medallion (copy)

Description Elaborate Gothic medallion representing the Annunciation. In a hortus conclusus or jardin mystique symbolizing virginity, a unicorn stands by Mary and the archangel Gabriel (after whom the bell is named) is about to enter the gate. Banners fly inscriptions in Gothic script. The front is painted green with a loop at top. Copied from the “Gabriël”bell of the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk in Pulderbos, Belgium, which was cast in 1518 by Joris WaghevensI in Mechelen. Also found on bells in Halle.

Photo(s)

Maker Joris Waghevens I (Mechelen, d. 1524) (copy)

Date 1518 (copy)Material keywords plaster, paint

Condition

Dimensions medallion diameter: 11.0 cm

Remarks Godenne 14. Huybens B4. Geudens.



Conservation

History According to records of the German occupiers (1943-1944), the bell weighed 680 kg and served as a swinging bell during World War II.

Provenance Pulderbos (Zandhoven), Belgium


Object keywords medallion, Christ, Bilzen

Display keywords Christ

Title Medallion of Christ (copy)

Description Copy of a Gothic medallion representing Christ on the cross on the Vine. The field of the medallion is ornamented by clusters of grapes encircling the bustsof the Apostles. The founders of the church are a thefoot of the scene.

Photo(s)

Maker Jacob Waghevens (Mechelen, d.1574) (copy)


Condition

Dimensions

Remarks Godenne 16. Van Doorslaer. F. Donnet.


Location (?)

Conservation

History The bell on which this medallion appeared was cast by Jacob Waghevens in Mechelen in 1534 for a church in Bilzen.

Provenance Bilzen, Belgium


Object keywords Antwerp

Display keywords

Title Willem Witlockx’s medallion (copy)

Description Painted green plaster cast of a medallion of Willem Witlockx, a musical instrument maker who became abellfounder and carillon fitter in Antwerp, as he portrayed himself on the eleventh hour or watch bellhung in the tower of the Cathedral of our Lady in Antwerp. An inscription surrounds the portrait.

Photo(s)

Maker Willem Witlockx (d. 1733)


Condition The inscription is barely distinguishable on this copy.

Dimensions medallion diameters: 7.1 cm and 8.0 cm

Remarks Godenne 21d. Lehr, Art 153.

Owner KBSInscriptions GVILMVS WITLOCKX / CLOCK EN BYAERT GIETER T ‘ ANTWERPEN

[Guilmus Witlockx / bell and carillon founder of Antwerp]


Conservation

History Since 1930, the eleventh hour bell has been preservedin the Vleeshuismuseum in Antwerp.

Provenance Antwerp


Object keywords medallion, Antwerp

Display keywords coat of arms of Antwerp

Title Antwerp coat of arms medallion (copy)

Description Painted green plaster copy of a medallion depicting the coat of arms of Antwerp: The castle Het Steen with two flags flying from it, two appaumée (open hands) above it, and a legend below, all encircled by awreath.

Photo(s)

Maker


Condition

Dimensions medallion diameter: 7.8 cm

Remarks Godenne 15

Owner MKBSInscriptions Within medallion: SPQA [SENATUS POPULUSQUE ANTVERPIA] [The senate and

the people of Antwerp]below medallion: ALS


Conservation

History Copied from a bell in the Cathedral of our Lady in Antwerp.

Provenance



Display keywords coat of arms of Antwerp

Title Copy of Antwerp coat of arms badge

Description Plaster copy of the coat of arms of Antwerp, consisting of Het Steen and two hands pointing to it,in an elegant (i.e. badge-shaped) frame. In high relief.The cast was taken from the eleventh-hour (watch) bell of the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp.

The front of the cast is painted green and there is a loop on top.

Photo(s)

Maker Willem Witlockx (d. 1733) (copy)


Condition

Dimensions medallion width: 9.8 cm; medallion height: 10.8 cm

Remarks



Conservation

History Witlockx probably copied this medallion from the first eleventh-hour bell that he recast. The bell residesin the Vleeshuismuseum in Antwerp.

Provenance Gift of Prosper Verheyden



Display keywords

Title Cast representing Our Lady in glory

Description Cast representing Our Lady in glory from the “Karolus” bell, cast in 1507, of the Church of our Lady in Antwerp.

Photo(s)

Maker

DateMaterial keywords plaster

Condition

Dimensions 11.6 cm

Remarks Godenne 17


Location (?)

Conservation

History

Provenance



Display keywords Madonna, Mary, Jesus

Title Madonna medallion (J. van den Gheyn) (copy)

Description Imprint in papier mâché representing the Madonna with aureole and child in high relief seated on a crescent with beams of light emanating from behind them. The front is painted green and there is a loop on top.

The original bell was cast by Jan van den Gheyn I inMechelen for the church of Saint Peter in Hamburg,Germany in 1537. The same medallion was on a bellof 1539 in the Waldemarturm in Dannenberg, Germany.

Photo(s)

Maker Jan van den Gheyn I (copy)

Date 1537 (copy)Material keywords papier mâché, paint

Condition

Dimensions medallion diameter: 10.5 cm; overall diameter: 12.0 cm

Remarks Godenne 18. Huybens B5.



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Provenance




Title Coat of arms medallion (copy)

Description Painted green plaster medallion of a coat of arms containing a chevronel and three garbs (bundles of wheat).

Possibly the coat of arms of Petrus Elias Stevens (1841-1892), organ builder in Duffel, Belgium, foundon a Hemony bell cast in Amsterdam in 1730. Takenfrom either the bell or a copy at the Vleeshuis Museum in Antwerp.

Photo(s)

Maker [Hemony]

Date [1730] (copy)Material keywords plaster, paint

Condition

Dimensions medallion width: 6.6 cm; medallion height: 8.5 cm

Remarks Godenne 21e(?)



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History

Provenance


Object keywords

Display keywords bishop, demon

Title Cast of a mitered bishop (P. van den Gheyn III)

Description Black and white plaster copy of part of the shoulder and upper flank of a swinging bell cast by Pieter vanden Gheyn III in 1610 for the church of Wechelderzande. The copy is flattened, resulting in some distortion. At the top is a band of quatrefoil tracery, beneath that an inscription in uncial script, another quatrefoil band hung with grapes, and an inscription in Gothic textura quadrata. Overlapping the inscription area is the figure of a bishop with miter and crook trampling a demon.

Photo(s)

Maker Pieter van den Gheyn III (d. 1618) (copy)

Date 1610 (copy)Material keywords plaster

Condition Displayed on a plastic stand that falls over easily.


Remarks Godenne 19b. Huybens B9.

Owner MKBSInscriptions top: R * E

bottom: lue ia / it


Conservation

History According to the records of the German occupiers (1943-1944), the bell weighed 100 kg.

Provenance St.-Amelbergakerk, Wechelderzande, Belgium


Object keywords

Display keywords

Title Cherub ornament (P. van den Ghein III) (copy)

Description Black and white plaster copy of the Dutch shoulder inscription in Roman majuscule script and ornamenton a bell probably cast by Pieter van den Ghein III inMechelen. The ornament is a cherub with outspreadwings and a blank cartouche suspended from its lipsby three cords. The copy is flattened, but without visible distortion to the reliefs. See A03 for another occurrence of the ornament.

Photo(s)

Maker Pieter van den Ghein III (d. 1618) (copy)

Date 16th century (copy)Material keywords plaster

Condition Broken in two and taped on the back.


Remarks Godenne 21b. Huybens B8.

Owner MKBSInscriptions GHEIN GHEGOTE[N] [Ghein cast]


Conservation

History This ornament is also found on the earlier bell ‘Jan Baptiste’, cast in 1585 by Peter van den Ghein II for the St.-Janskerk in Mechelen, as well as on a bell castby Jan van den Ghein III.

Provenance


Object keywords St. Rombouts Tower

Display keywords arms of Mechelen

Title Copy of Lady of Mechelen ornament

Description Black plaster cast of a Gothic depiction of the Lady of Mechelen holding the coat of arms of Mechelen ona rope.

Taken from the bell “Gielis”, cast by Adriaan Steylaert in 1564, in the old carillon of St. RomboutsTower.

Photo(s)

Maker Adriaan Steylaert (c. 1530-1581) (copy)

Date 1910Material keywords plaster

Condition Black coloring comes off easily.


Remarks Godenne 20

Owner MKBSInscriptions on back: Cloche / de 1564 / Adrien Steylaert / moule le 21/7 1910 (signature)


Conservation

History

Provenance



Display keywords bellfounder

Title Medallion of Bertold von Grimme (2 copies)

Description Brown terra cotta copy of the medallion of Bertold von Grimme, a German bellfounder active in the Middle Ages. This seal was found on a bell cast in 1281 in the Evangelist Sint-Blasiuskirche in Mülhausen/Thüringen, Germany. It is one of the oldest known marks of a bellfounder. It is also of importance for its depiction of a bell with a modern profile and of a profile template in the founder’s righthand, as well as for its early use of perspective.

Photo(s)

Maker Bertold von Grimme (Germany) (copy)

Date 1281 (copy)Material keywords terra cotta

Condition

Dimensions diameter: 4.5 cm; thickness: 0.7 cm

Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions SIGILLUM MAGISTRI BERTOLDO DE GRIME FUSORIS CAMPANARUM

[Seal [of] Master Bertold von Grimme bellfounder]

Location MKBS (museum 1, case 3, level 3) and KBS (attic)

Conservation

History This medallion was taken from the only known surviving bell by von Grimme. The copies were donated by bellfounder Franz Schilling of Apolda, Germany in 1967.

Provenance Gift of Franz Schilling (1967)


Object keywords

Display keywords

Title Copy of a bell inscription

Description Black and white plaster cast of an inscription in Gothic textura quadrata on a bell near its shoulder. There is a band of lilies across the top and florets marking the spaces between words. Filled with stringfor support.

Photo(s)

Maker

DateMaterial keywords plaster, string

Condition

Dimensions width: 11.5; height: 14.5 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions de ch (?)


Conservation

History

Provenance


Object keywords cast

Display keywords flower

Title Negative of a floral bell ornament

Description Negative of an eighteenth-century floral bell ornament, perhaps two daisies, in red wax enclosed inplaster.

Photo(s)

Maker

DateMaterial keywords wax, plaster

Condition

Dimensions width: 7.0 cm; height: 12.5 cm (excl. plaster)

Remarks Godenne 22



Conservation

History

Provenance Gift of Marcel Michiels





Description Negative of an eighteenth-century floral bell ornament in red wax enclosed in plaster. Two stems begin at opposite sides and meet in a central bunch offlowers.

Photo(s)

Maker


Condition


Remarks Godenne 22



Conservation

History






Description Negative of an eighteenth-century floral bell ornament in red wax enclosed in plaster. Several flowers and leaves emerge from a single bulb.

Photo(s)

Maker


Condition


Remarks Godenne 22



Conservation

History



Object keywords casting, foundry

Display keywords

Title Display model of a bellfoundry core

Description Display model of a core, which serves as the mold forthe inner wall of the bell. It is held together with wire.This is the first in a series of models illustrating the casting of a bell.

Photo(s)


Date s. XX1Material keywords loam, wire

Condition Cracked, filled with broken pieces.


Remarks



Conservation

History

Provenance Former bellfoundry of Marcel Michiels, Jr.



Display keywords

Title Display model of ornamented false bell

Description Display model of a false bell with ornamentation, bearing a wax band of leaves at the shoulder, wax inscription in serif majuscules below, and below thatwax acanthus and putti ornaments. None of the bands extend fully around the model. This is the second in a series of models illustrating the casting ofa bell.

Photo(s)


Date s. XX1Material keywords loam, wax

Condition


Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions MICHIELS A TOURNA[I]


Conservation

History




Display keywords

Title Display model of a core and false bell

Description Display model of a core with the false bell of loam inside visible through a cutout. At the top of the coreis the opening in which one can see that as the false bell was heated from the bottom, smoke escaped from the top, leaving a layer of soot. This is the thirdin a series of models illustrating the casting of a bell.

Photo(s)


Date s. XX1Material keywords loam

Condition Extensively scratched.


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History




Display keywords

Title Display model of the mantle of a bell-form

Description Display model of a mantle serving as a mold for the outside of a bell. Visible in negative on the interior are a band of leaves at the shoulder, a French inscription in serif majuscules below it, and below that a band of acanthus and putti. This is the fourth of a series of models illustrating the casting of a bell.

Photo(s)


Date s. XX1Material keywords loam

Condition


Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions M. MICHIELS A TOURNAI


Conservation Piece missing from shoulder.

History




Display keywords

Title Partial cast of a bell (P. Hemony)

Description Partial plaster cast of a bell from the carillon of Sint-Sulpitius-en-Dionysiuskerk in Diest. A floral band ornaments the shoulder, with a band of capitalis quadrata script in Latin below and hanging from it a band of acanthus. The number “48” has been writtenon the flank.

Photo(s)

Maker Pieter Hemony (1619-1680) (copy)


Condition Scratched and chipped.


Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions FEC[IT]:A°[NNO]1674 (Maltese cross) SIT

Location MKBS (museum 1, northeast corner)

Conservation Should be packed between sheets of bubble wrap.

History The carillon of Sint-Sulpitius-en-Dionysiuskerk still contains 32 bells by Pieter Hemony.

Provenance Sint-Sulpitius-en-Dionysiuskerk, Diest, Belgium



Display keywords

Title Partial cast of a bell destroyed in WWII

Description Partial plaster cast of a bell with a floral band aroundthe shoulder, a Latin inscription in capitalis quadrata script, and band of acanthus below.

Photo(s)

Maker


Condition Does not show friezes clearly. Blackened at top.


Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions [DOM]INI NVNTIAVIT MAR[IÆ]


Conservation Should be stored between sheets of bubble wrap.

History The original bell was destroyed during the German bell requisition of World War II.

Provenance



Display keywords

Title Partial cast of a carillon bell (P. Hemony)

Description Partial plaster cast of a bell by Pieter Hemony showing an inscription in capitalis quadrata script on the shoulder and a thick band of acanthus below it.

Photo(s)


Date [1674] (copy)Material keywords plaster

Condition


Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions [PETR]US HEMON[Y]


Conservation

History Copied from a bell in the old carillon of St. Rombouts Tower.

Provenance



Display keywords


Description Partial plaster cast of a bell by Pieter Hemony with majuscule inscription on shoulder over a hanging floral band.

Photo(s)



Condition


Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions [PE]TRUS HE[MONY]


Conservation

History Probably copied from a bell in the old carillon of St.Rombouts Tower.

Provenance



Display keywords

Title Partial cast of a bell [P. Hemony]

Description Partial plaster cast of a bell from shoulder to lip, withLatin capitalis quadrata inscription and band of acanthus below it visible on shoulder.

Photo(s)

Maker [Pieter Hemony (1619-1680)] (copy)


Condition Scratched.

Dimensions height: 23 cm; width: 12 cm

Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions ANNO DO[MINI]




Provenance



Display keywords


Description Partial plaster cast of part of a bell with a floral bandaround the shoulder, an inscription in capitalis quadrata, and below it a band of acanthus.

Photo(s)



Condition


Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions [HEMO]NY A° 1674 (Maltese cross) QUI




Provenance



Display keywords

Title Partial cast of a bell

Description Partial plaster cast of a bell from crown to lip with Latin inscription in capitalis quadrata on shoulder andband of acanthus below it.

Photo(s)

Maker


Condition Darkened by dirt.


Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions ANNO [year]




Provenance



Display keywords


Description Plaster cast of a bell by Pieter Hemony. A Latin inscription in capitalis quadrata appears on the shoulder between two floral bands.

Photo(s)



Condition Scratched.


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions HEMONY ME


Conservation


Provenance



Display keywords


Description Partial plaster cast of a bell from shoulder to rim, broken into three pieces. The shoulder bears a band of floral ornamentation, a Latin inscription in capitalisquadrata, and below it hangs a band of acanthus.

Photo(s)



Condition Broken into three pieces. Surface scratches.

Dimensions widths: 22 cm, 27 cm, 27 cm; heights: 19 cm, 32 cm,41 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions 1674 (Maltese cross) CANTATE

Location MKBS (under bell stand 8)

Conservation Should be kept between sheets of bubble wrap.


Provenance



Display keywords


Description Partial plaster cast of a bell from shoulder to lip. Bears part of a Latin inscription in capitalis quadrataon the shoulder between two bands of floral ornamentation.

The two pyramidal extrusions below the lip are remnants from the cast-making process and not partof the original bell.

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Condition


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions [1]674 (Maltese cross) PETRVS [HEMONY]

Location MKBS (museum 2, under bell stand 8)

Conservation Should be stored between sheets of bubble wrap.


Provenance



Display keywords


Description Partial plaster cast of a bell from crown to lip bearinga band of grape vines on the shoulder, another floralband, and between them part of an inscription in capitalis quadrata script.

Photo(s)


Date [1674]Material keywords plaster

Condition

Dimensions

Remarks width: 32 cm; height: 49 cm

Owner MKBSInscriptions [PETRU]S HEMONY ME F[ECIT] [Pieter Hemony made me]




Provenance



Display keywords

Title Partial cast of a carillon bell [P. Hemony]

Description Partial cast of a bell from shoulder to lip bearing a band of floral ornamentation on the shoulder, part ofa Latin inscription in capitalis quadrata, and below a band of acanthus.

The extrusions below the lip are remnants from the cast-making process and not part of the original bell.

Photo(s)

Maker [Pieter Hemony] (1619-1680) (copy)


Condition


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions 1674 (Maltese cross) LAUDATE N[OMEN]




Provenance


Object keywords cast, St. Rombouts Tower

Display keywords

Title Partial casts of carillon bells (3)

Description Three partial plaster casts of carillon bells. The casts labeled 21 and 24 have Latin capitalis quadrata inscriptions between a floral band above and a band of acanthus below. The cast labeled 29 bears an inscription in Gothic uncial script beneath a single band of acanthus.

Photo(s)

Maker


Condition Brown with age.

Dimensions 21: width: 50 cm; height: 51 cm24: width: 61 cm; height: 71 cm29: width: 59 cm; height: 76 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions 21: DOMINO CANTICUM NO[VUM]

24: [DOMI]NUM OMNES GENTES29: (floret) M (floret) cccc (arms of Mechelen)

Location KBS (attic)


History Copied from three different bells in the old carillon of St. Rombouts Tower.

Provenance


Object keywords carillon bell, St. Rombouts Tower

Display keywords

Title Copy of a carillon bell (P. Hemony)

Description Plaster copy of a carillon bell by Pieter Hemony withGothic profile, Latin inscription in capitalis quadrataat shoulder, and a band of floral ornamentation belowthe inscription. The fleur-de-lis crown is ornamentedby acanthus leaves. The entire model is painted green.

Photo(s)



Condition Some paint has chipped off.

Dimensions diameter: 20.7 cm; height to crown: 15.3 cm;crown: 8.0 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions PETRUS HEMONY ME FEC[IT]: ANNO 1674 (Maltese cross) [Pieter Hemony

made me: Year 1674]

Location MKBS (museum 2, meeting table)

Conservation

History Copy of a bell in the old carillon of St. Rombouts Tower.

Provenance


Object keywords carillon bell, festival

Display keywords

Title Festival copy of a large bell (J. Zeelstman)

Description Green- and gold-painted plaster copy of the large carillon bell “Michaël” in two halves. Below the six-pronged crown is an inscription in Gothic textura quadrata. The copy was made for a traditional folkloric procession in Mechelen.

The real bell, originally cast for the Sint-Michielskerk in Leuven, now hangs in the carillon of the Sint-Geertruikerk in Leuven and also serves as the hour strike.

Photo(s)

Maker Jan Zeelstman (c.1410-c.1474) (copy)


Condition Chipped, particularly at the lip, and several fragments have come off.

Dimensions diameter: 145 cm; height to crown: 113 cm

Remarks Huybens 59. Sergeys. Van Doorslaer, Cuivre 36.

Owner Stedelijk Museum Hof van BusleydenInscriptions michael prepositus paradici quem honorificant angelorum cives fusa per johem

zeelstman anno dni m cccc xlvi [Michael the overseer (paradici) cast (this bell) throughJan Zeelstman in the year of God 1446, for which the angel’s citizens honor (him)]


Conservation

History Jan Zeelstman moved to Mechelen around 1417 and laid the basis for the city’s bellfounding tradition.

Provenance Sint-Geertruikerk, Leuven (copy)


Object keywords bellfoundry, mold

Display keywords

Title Zinc bell molds (3)

Description Three zinc bell molds from Firma Beelaerts, a formerMechelen foundry of animal and ornamental bells and other cast objects.

Photo(s)

Maker Firma Beelaerts, Mechelen

Date early 20th centuryMaterial keywords zinc

Condition Cracked and stained.

Dimensions

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History

Provenance


Object keywords bellfounding

Display keywords

Title Adjustable tuning forks (6)

Description Six adjustable tuning forks with the following pitch ranges, determined by barrel weights:

1) length: 12.4 cm, pitches: C3-F22) length: 14.2 cm, pitches: F2-A13) length: 21.3 cm, pitches: A1-F14) length: 23.1 cm, pitches: F1-H5) length: 24.2 cm, pitches: H-E6) length: 26.7 cm, pitches: E-A

The ebony exciter, when attached to a fork handle and placed on the bell, causes the bell to resonate at

Photo(s)

Maker

DateMaterial keywords steel, ebony

Condition

Dimensions see description. exciter length: 8.0 cm

Remarks



Conservation

History

Provenance Foundry of Marcel Michiels, Jr. (Tournai)


Object keywords bellfounding, memorabilia, Nees

Display keywords

Title Staf Nees’ small adjustable tuning forks (2)

Description Two small silver-colored tuning forks in a black fabricbag closed by a white button. Each fork has two moveable weights to change its pitch. Together, theyspan one octave: The larger fork sounds C to F#, thesmaller one G to C.

Photo(s)

Maker

Date 20th centuryMaterial keywords steel, fabric

Condition Scratched by use of weights. Some tarnish on larger fork.

Dimensions lengths: 10.8 cm, 12.0 cm

Remarks



Conservation

History Staf Nees always carried these tuning forks with him.

Provenance Possessions of Staf Nees

Inventory number D01

Object keywords memorabilia, tribute, Denyn

Display keywords

Title Vlaamsche Tooneelstrijders bell for Jef Denyn

Description Tribute bell to Jef Denyn from a local theater group, the Vlaamsche Tooneelstrijders. The date is inscribedon the crown and another majuscule inscription appears on the soundbow mentioning De Vijgenboom, a historical building on Sint-Katelijnestraat in Mechelen, in which the tribute waspresented to Denyn. The bell is mostly brown, but copper-colored in places, and its flank bears floral ornamentation against a diaper background.

Photo(s)

Maker


Condition


Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions crown: 1887 12 oogst 1922. [trans. 1887 12 August 1922.] ; soundbow: DE

VLAAMSCHE TOONEELSTRIJDERS LOKAAL VIJGENBOOM MECHELEN AAN MEESTER JEF DENIJN [The Flemish Drama Troupers, Room Vijgenboom,Mechelen to Master Jef Denyn]

Location MKBS (secretary’s office)

Conservation

History Given in tribute to Jef Denyn for his 35th year as citycarillonneur of Mechelen as well as for the foundingof the KBS.

Provenance


Object keywords memorabilia, tribute, Nees

Display keywords

Title Tribute bell to Staf Nees

Description Bronze bell with Gothic profile and bands of ornamentation in high relief at the shoulder and soundbow. The artful crown is adorned with lion heads in medallions and an iron extension containinga screw hole for mounting. Angels ornament the shoulder, and acanthus leaves the soundbow.

Photo(s)

Maker Klokkengieterij van Bergen (Heiligerlee, NL)



Dimensions diameter: 25.5 cm, height: 25.5 cm

Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions front: STAF NEES / MEESTER BEIAARDIER / 1901 _ 1965 / DIRECTEUR v/d

KON. BEIAARDSCHOOL / ” JEF DENYN ” [Staf Nees / master carillonneur / 1901-1905 / director of the Royal Carillon School / “Jef Denyn”]back: GIFT v.d. KLOKKENGIETERIJ / VAN BERGEN / HEILIGERLEE


Conservation

History

Provenance Gift of the former van Bergen Bellfoundry


Object keywords Fabiola, prize, swinging bell

Display keywords

Title Queen Fabiola Competition prize (L. Michiels)

Description Bronze swinging bell with Gothic profile and soundbow inscription, suspended in a wooden frame.This is an example of the first prize awarded for theQueen Fabiola International Carillon Competition. Actual prizes are given personalized inscriptions.

Photo(s)

Maker Luc Michiels (Mechelen)

Date late 20th centuryMaterial keywords bronze, wood

Condition Bell rotates loosely.

Dimensions diameter: 15.0 cm; stand width: 32.0 cm; stand height:36.6 cm

Remarks

Owner Luc Michiels CollectionInscriptions MICHIELS MECHELEN


Conservation

History

Provenance KBS



Display keywords

Title Swinging bell in wooden frame (L. Michiels)

Description Bronze swinging bell with Gothic profile hung in a wooden frame. The flank of the bell shows a coat of arms with an eagle displayed in a badge against a French shield with three thin vertical stripes upon it.An inscription in serif majuscule decorates the soundbow. Sounds at f#1.

Photo(s)


Date late 20th centuryMaterial keywords bronze, wood

Condition

Dimensions bell diameter: 10.0 cm; bell height: 10.0 cm; stand base: 22.0 cm x 23.0 cm; stand height: 33.0 cm

Remarks



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Provenance


Object keywords souvenir, Queen, England

Display keywords

Title Queen Elizabeth II coronation bell

Description Bell in white cardboard display case lined with red felt. The bell was cast for the occasion of the crowning of Queen Elizabeth II, as indicated by a gold inscription on the felt: “Coronation Souvenir /H.M. Queen Elizabeth I”.

The bell is gold-colored with inscriptions on the soundbow and inside around the clapper eye. Soundsat a2.

Photo(s)

Maker Gillett & Johnston (England)

Date 1953Material keywords bronze, cardboard, felt

Condition

Dimensions diameter 6.3 cm; height 5.1 cm; box width: 11.0 cm; box height: 9.5 cm

Remarks Godenne 26

Owner KBSInscriptions box: This bell contains metal from some of the great English bells cast before or during

the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. / GILLETT & JOHNSTON / Founders of many of the world’s most famous bells.soundbow: CORONATION OF HM QUEEN ELIZABETH II 1953


Conservation

History

Provenance Gift of Gillett & Johnston


Object keywords souvenir, World Carillon Federation, congress

Display keywords

Title World Carillon Federation 1998 Congress bell

Description Keepsake bell with Dutch majuscule inscription on flank, given to supporters of the 1998 Congress of the World Carillon Federation held in Mechelen andLeuven.

Photo(s)

Maker Fonderie Obertino (Morteau, France)


Condition


Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions 11E / WERELDBEIAARD / CONGRES / 1998 / MECHELEN / LEUVEN [11th

/ World Carillon / Congress / 1998 / Mechelen / Leuven]


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Provenance


Object keywords model, Russia

Display keywords czar

Title Model of Czar Kolokol Bell

Description Silver-colored miniature model of the Czar Kolokol Bell (Царь–колокол) at the foot of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in Moscow, Russia. The great hole in the bell has also been replicated. The bell restson a black octagonal stand made to look as if it was constructed from bricks.

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Maker

Date 19th - 20th centuryMaterial keywords plastic

Condition


Remarks

Owner Jo Haazen CollectionInscriptions


Conservation

History The 220-ton Czar Kolokol is the largest bell in the world, but having been broken during a fire while stillin the casting pit, it has never been rung.

Provenance Russia


Object keywords decorative, Russia

Display keywords

Title Russian terra cotta bell

Description Small reddish-brown terra cotta bell with thickened soundbow. Bears Russian Cyrillic inscriptions and theCross of Lorraine in silver, blue, black, white, and gold paint. A terra cotta clapper ball is suspended inside from a copper spring.

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Maker

Date 20th centuryMaterial keywords earthenware terra cotta

Condition


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Owner Jo Haazen CollectionInscriptions ВААԀАЍ ‡ / ИВҼРСКИЍ МОНАСТЬIРЬ


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History

Provenance Russia



Display keywords cross, Uspensky Cathedral

Title Enameled Russian terra cotta bell

Description Glazed terra cotta bell with cross-shaped handle. Theexterior is enameled and painted in blue, green, brown, and gold, depicting the Uspiensky Cathedral and tower in which a bell is visible. Russian Cyrillic inscriptions ornament the crown, flank, and soundbow. The terra cotta clapper ball is suspended from a thread. Sounds at c1.

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Maker

Date 1996Material keywords terra cotta, glaze, paint

Condition


Remarks

Owner Jo Haazen CollectionInscriptions lip: 1996 год


Conservation

History Gift to Jo Haazen from the Uspensky Cathedral in Rostov, Russia.

Provenance Rostov, Russia



Display keywords

Title Novgorod commemoration bell

Description Black bell with brass-colored ornamentation and inscriptions, a clapper, and a six-pronged crown. Stylized floral ornamentation and a coat of arms decorate the shoulder and a Russian Cyrillic inscription appears on the soundbow. The bell rests on a circular black plastic stand in which an informational paper is stored. Sounds at e1.

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Maker

Date 1984Material keywords brass

Condition Some of the gold paint is chipped.


Remarks

Owner Jo Haazen CollectionInscriptions [For the commemoration of the foundation of the city of Novgorod in 1125]


Conservation

History Commemorating the foundation of the city of Novgorod, Russia, this is a copy of a bell cast in 1984in Veliki Novgorod in remembrance of an event thatoccurred in 1125.

Provenance Novgorod, Russia


Object keywords animal bell, decorative, Russia

Display keywords

Title Troika bell

Description Bronze troika bell with rough horizontal bands around the flank and Russian Cyrillic inscription on the extremely wide soundbow. Sounds at c#1.

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Maker


Condition The clapper is difficult to fit into the suspension loop.


Remarks The clapper is displayed next to the bell.



Conservation

History D11 and D12 are bells used on Russian carriages or troikas (ТРОЙКА), three horses harnessed together to transport a coach or carriage across long distancesat great speed.

Provenance Valdai, Russia


Object keywords animal bell, decorative, Russia

Display keywords double eagle

Title Troika bell

Description Bronze troika bell with extremely wide soundbow onwhich a Russian Cyrillic inscription appears. An unpolished band with three medallions ornaments theflank. The left medallion contains an inscription surrounded by laurels, the center a Russian double eagle emblem, and the right a bust with an inscription. A ring serves as clapper. Sounds at c1.

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Maker Vedeneev (Pureh, Russia)

Date 1808(?)Material keywords brass

Condition


Remarks

Owner Jo Haazen CollectionInscriptions lip: ВЕДЕНЕЕВА ВЬСЕЛЕ ЛУРЕХЕ НИЖЕ ГУБ ЗАВОДА [Cast by the

factory of Vedeneev in the village of Pureh in the region of Nizhni Novgorod]


Conservation Medallions are worn and difficult to read. Some exterior oxidation.

History D11 and D12 are bells used on Russian carriages or troikas (ТРОЙКА), three horses harnessed together to transport a coach or carriage across long distancesat great speed.

Provenance Russia


Object keywords decorative, Russia, St. Petersburg

Display keywords flowers, battle

Title Painted Russian bells (5)

Description Five richly painted bells from St. Petersburg, Russia.Two are painted with floral designs. Two painted with fanciful battle scenes bear Russian Cyrillic inscriptions around the crowns. The remaining bell shows a man with two horses and a donkey. The three bells with scenes also show tableaux on the soundbow and bear the name of the maker, year, andplace over the soundbow.

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Maker С. Медведев

Date 1997Material keywords brass, paint

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History

Provenance Gift of Jo Haazen (1998)



Display keywords Valaam Monastery

Title Valaam Monastery bell

Description Small red terra cotta bell showing the Valaam Monastery, the oldest monastery in Russia, and its belfry. It is depicted on Valaam Island with a person rowing to shore. A Russian Cyrillic inscription in redornaments the rim. The bell is sounded by a rod-shaped terra cotta clapper and is suspended by a lightrope. Sounds at c#1.

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Maker

Date 1996Material keywords terra cotta, string

Condition


Remarks Bell photos and recordings: www.valaam.ru

Owner Jo Haazen CollectionInscriptions [Valaam • August 1996]


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History

Provenance Valaam, Russia



Display keywords flower, bird

Title Crystal bells (3)

Description Three clear crystal table bells, each with crystal clapper ball on metal chain. One is pink with wheel-engraved stylized cherry blossoms, one is clear and stipple-engraved with birds and flowering vines, andone is clear and stipple-engraved with a classical floraland vine pattern. The profile of the latter is thinner than the others.

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Maker Véritable Bohème (Czech Republic)

Date 20th centuryMaterial keywords crystal

Condition

Dimensions diameters: 8.0 cm, 8.0 cm, 7.0 cm; heights: 17.5 cm, 15.5 cm, 16.5 cm

Remarks

Owner Luc MichielsInscriptions on label: SOUFFLE BOUCHE / DECOR MAIN / VERITABLE / BOHEME /

FABRIQUE EN TCHECOSLOVAQUE [Breathtaking / hand-decorated / veritable /Bohemian / Made in Czechoslovakia]


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History

Provenance Czech Republic



Display keywords

Title Female figural bell

Description Figural bell in the shape of a woman in a dress and bonnet. The highest quality figural bells with female forms often had boot-shaped clappers, but this example contains a ball-shaped clapper. Sounds at b2.

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Maker

Date 19th - 20th centuryMaterial keywords brass

Condition


Remarks

Owner Luc Michiels CollectionInscriptions


Conservation

History Female figural bells have been produced since antiquity and were particularly popular in the 18th and 19th centuries in France, England, and Germany.

Provenance



Display keywords

Title Table bell (L. Michiels)

Description Small table bell with rough band containing the inscription of the founder and a floral and circular rope ornament. Sounds at b-flat 3.

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Condition

Dimensions diameter: 5.7 cm; height to crown: 5.0 cm; handle: 5.5cm

Remarks

Owner Luc Michiels CollectionInscriptions MICHIELS / MECHELEN


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Display keywords

Title Service bells (2)

Description Two brass service bells with sugarloaf profiles and long stylized handles. They sound at Bb3 and C3.

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Maker


Condition

Dimensions diameters: 5.5 cm, 6.4 cm; height to crown: 5.5 cm, 6.5 cm; handle: 6.2 cm, 8.5 cm

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Title Porcelain table bell

Description Plain white porcelain desk bell with wide profile andwhite bead clapper suspended from wire.

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Maker

Date 20th centuryMaterial keywords porcelain

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Object keywords decorative, Haazen, Russia

Display keywords

Title Bell in velour bell-shaped stand

Description Small brass bell resting inside a four-sectioned velour-covered stand. Each section of the stand represents half of the vertical cross-section of a bell. A RussianCyrillic inscription is found around the crown.

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Maker

Date c. 1992Material keywords brass, velour, wood

Condition


Remarks

Owner Jo Haazen CollectionInscriptions АО КОЛ / СЗГА


Conservation

History Gift to Jo Haazen from Juri Puchnatchov, first president of the Russian Bell Federation.

Provenance Russia


Object keywords decorative

Display keywords

Title Bells in trefoil plastic container (3)

Description Three gold-colored bells in a clear plastic trefoil-shaped case with sound hole. The bells have the following dimensions:

1) diameter: 3.0 cm, height: 3.0 cm2) diameter: 4.0 cm, height: 3.5 cm3) diameter: 5.0 cm, height: 4.0 cm

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Maker

Date 20th centuryMaterial keywords brass, plastic

Condition

Dimensions container height: 7.0 cm; container width: 10.0 cm

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Conservation Plastic case is slightly yellowed.

History Gift to Jo Haazen.

Provenance


Object keywords functional

Display keywords

Title Clay bell

Description Not all bells are made of metal. This light beige rudimentary bell of baked clay was probably made foreveryday purposes. A clapper ball hangs from a rope tied to the crown. Its uneven profile and indefinite ornamental lines reveal that it was shaped without a strickle boeard.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords baked clay, rope

Condition


Remarks Used to support C01.



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Title Small bronze bell

Description Small unornamented bronze bell with wide soundbow. Sounds at c#2.

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Maker


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Provenance [Russia]


Object keywords souvenir, Haazen

Display keywords

Title Porcelain bell from St.-Amand-les-eaux

Description White porcelain bell with wooden handle and black overprint depicting the tower of St.-Amand-les-eaux in northern France. The rim is blackened. The whitebead clapper hangs from a small chain.

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Maker

Date 20th centuryMaterial keywords wood, porcelain

Condition


Remarks

Owner Jo Haazen CollectionInscriptions shoulder: Tour de St. Amand [Tower of St. Amand]


Conservation

History Gift to Jo Haazen on the occasion of the inauguration of a new carillon in the Tour Abbatiale de St. Amand les Eaux, for which he served as an advisor.

Provenance St.-Amand-les-eaux, France


Object keywords animal bell

Display keywords

Title Hunting dog bells (3)

Description Diatonic set of three small bronze hunting dog bellswith nearly conical profile, oval cross-section, and round iron clapper balls with welding seams. Sound slightly below F3, G3, and A3.

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Maker


Condition

Dimensions diameters: 4.2 cm, 4.7 cm, 5.6 cm; heights: 6.2 cm, 6.8cm, 7.8 cm

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Provenance England or France



Display keywords

Title Copper goat bells (3)

Description Three small copper goat bells with characteristic Treicheln profile and iron clappers. Not cast, but constructed from sheet metal rather. Sound approximately at g1, g#1, and a2. The g1 bell soundsnearly a half step sharper when the clapper hits a certain part of the rim.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords copper

Condition

Dimensions widths: 7.0 cm, 6.3 cm, 5.7 cm; heights: 12.5 cm, 11.2cm, 9.6 cm; diameters: 6.0 cm, 5.7 cm, 5.2 cm

Remarks

Owner Luc Michiels CollecionInscriptions


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History

Provenance Massif Central mountains, France



Display keywords

Title Brass goat bells (3)

Description Three unpolished bronze goat bells with nearly conical profile, oval cross-section, and round iron clapper balls with welding seams. Each bears a number in relief in relation to its size.

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Maker


Condition

Dimensions heights: 19.0 cm, 17.5 cm, 16.5 cm; diameters: 12.8 cm, 11.7 cm, 10.6 cm

Remarks

Owner Luc Michiels CollectionInscriptions 16

1820


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History

Provenance Pyrenees, France



Display keywords

Title Treicheln

Description A copper Treicheln or cow bell from the Swiss Alps. The neck strap is made of leather and bent wood, anda plaster clapper with C-shaped cross-section hangs from a leather strap inside. The bell is constructed from sheet metal and tapers at the lip. Its cross-section is elliptical.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords copper, leather, wood

Condition

Dimensions diameter: 11 cm; bell height: 21.4 cm; handle width: 36 cm; handle height: 22 cm

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Conservation

History Animal bells were employed not only for their signaland identifying functions, but also for their supposedsupernatural protective powers against malady.

Provenance Alps, Switzerland


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Title Doorbell with spring

Description Brass doorbell with Gothic profile and curved metalband, serving as a spring, attached to suspension loop. Iron clapper. The width of the wall is visibly uneven at the lip. Sounds at e1.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords brass, iron

Condition

Dimensions diameter: 7.7 cm; handle: 17.0 cm

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History

Provenance Belgium



Display keywords anchor

Title Ship bell (L. Michiels)

Description Ship bell with medallion depicting an anchor intertwined with a rope on the flank and an inscription on the soundbow. White ropes are attached to the crown and the clapper ball. Sounds atc#1.

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Date late 20th centuryMaterial keywords bronze, rope

Condition

Dimensions diameter: 13.9 cm; height to crown: 10 cm

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Display keywords

Title School bell

Description School bell with long black wooden handle. Sounds ata2.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords brass, wood

Condition

Dimensions diameter: 11.5 cm; height to crown: 8.5 cm; handle: 14.7 cm

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Display keywords Iversky Monastery

Title Russian terra cotta bell

Description Green painted terra cotta bell ornamented by two stamps pressed on the inside to create reliefs. One shows the Iversky Monastery and tower encircled bya Russian inscription, and the other indicates the year1996. The clapper is a terra cotta rod suspended froma copper loop. Sounds slightly below eb2.

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Maker

Date 1996Material keywords terra cotta, paint, copper

Condition


Remarks

Owner Jo Haazen CollectionInscriptions 1996г


Conservation

History From the Iversky Monastery on Valdaiskoe Lake in Valdai, Russia.

Provenance Valdai, Russia


Object keywords table bell, Haazen, Fritsen

Display keywords deer

Title Table bell for Jo Haazen from Frank Fritsen

Description Bronze table bell showing deer in a wood in relief onthe flank and with a knob atop the handle. A weldingseam is visible. The nut holding the clapper eye bearsan inscription. Sounds at c2.

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Maker Royal Bellfounders Petit & Fritsen (NL)


Condition


Remarks

Owner Jo Haazen CollectionInscriptions inside: A2-70 / THE

Location KBS (director’s office)

Conservation

History Gift for Jo Haazen from bell founder Frank Fritsen on the occasion of the casting in Aarle-Rixtel of the carillon of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in St. Petersburg in 2001.

Provenance


Object keywords swinging bell, tribute, Lefévere

Display keywords

Title Swinging bell from van Bergen to K. Lefévere

Description Bronze swinging bell with engraved majuscule inscription on shoulder and flank translated as “Given to / Dr. and Mrs. Kamiel Lefévere / on the occasion of the 25th anniversary as carillonneur / inNew York, from A.H. Van Bergen and Brothers / Bellfounders in Heiligerlee, Holland / July 1927 - 1952”. The bell hangs from an unusual four-pointed arched swinging axis and a white and red rope is attached to the swinging wheel. It rests in a black frame on a wooden base. Sounds at f2.

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Maker A.H. van Bergen and Bros. (Heiligerlee, NL)

Date 1952Material keywords bronze, wood, rope

Condition

Dimensions diameter: 20.4 cm; height to shoulder: 16.5 cm; base:34.6 cm x 33.3 cm; overall height: 43.0 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions AANGEBODEN AAN / DR. EN MEVROUW KAMIEL LEFEVERE / TER

GELEGENHEID DER 25STE VERJARING ALS BEIAARDIER / TE NEW_YORK, DOOR A.H. VAN BERGEN EN BROEDERS / KLOKGIETERS TE HEILIGERLEE, HOLLAND / JULI 1927 - 1952

Location KBS (entrance hall)

Conservation

History Given to Lefévere by A. H. van Bergen for his 25th anniversary of playing the carillon at The Riverside Church in New York City, USA, which van Bergen enlarged to 74 bells in 1956.

Provenance Possessions of Kamiel Lefévere

Inventory number E01

Object keywords model, chung, China

Display keywords

Title Replica of a Chinese clapperless bell (chung)

Description Bronze replica of a clapperless Chinese bell (chung) with applied bright green patina. A suspension loop extends from the tall handle, and the cross-section ofthe bell resembles an almond. Nine panels of mei ornament each flank and a thao thieh mask is found above the arched rim on either side. The bell was struck with a wooden mallet. The notes that arise from the center (sui) and the side (ku) are b-flat 2 andd-flat 2, respectively.

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Maker

Date c. 1991Material keywords bronze

Condition The patina is probably false.

Dimensions diameter: 6.5 cm; height: 7.0 cm; overall height: 13.0 cm

Remarks



Conservation

History Gift of a Chinese delegation to the KBS.

Provenance Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China


Object keywords model, chime, China

Display keywords

Title Model of the chime (bianzhong) of Marquis Yi

Description Miniature model of a Chinese chime (bianzhong) of five clapperless bells based on that of Marquis Yi ofZeng, entombed with him c.433 BCE. Each bell is ornamented by six rows of mei per flank and a thao thieh mask over each curved rim. Figures of two armed soldiers in ceremonial robes support the beam.Red and yellow figures and Chinese bone writing decorate the base and beam. Struck with a wooden mallet. The bells are not two-toned and sound at b2,c2, d2, e2, and f2.

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Maker

Date late 20th centuryMaterial keywords wood, bronze

Condition

Dimensions stand length: 41.7 cm; stand height: 19.8 cm; hammerlength: 18.7 cm

Remarks Chen, Two-tone set bells

Owner MKBSInscriptions The inscriptions on the model stand are in Chinese bone writing. However, the sixty-

five bells of the original chime were inscribed with music notations detailing the relationship among the pitch standards of Zeng, Chu, and Zhou.


Conservation

History Given in 1998 to the KBS by the director of the Hubei Provincial Museum, who delivered a lecture atthe World Carillon Federation Congress.

Provenance Gift of Hubei Provincial Museum, China, 1998


Object keywords model, China. chime

Display keywords

Title Model of a Chinese chime

Description Model of an eight-bell Chinese chime. The blue porcelain bells are gilt and laminated and have circularcross-sections. They are suspended from the woodenframe via gold-colored stylized clouds. The carved wooden frame increases with the height of the bells and is stained red. The clapperless bells strike each other to make an attractive tinkling sound.

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Maker

Date c.1984Material keywords porcelain, metal, wood

Condition

Dimensions frame length: 31.4 cm; frame heights: 12.9 cm to 15.5cm

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Conservation

History Gift to Jo Haazen from a group of visiting musiciansfrom the Chinese National Orchestra around 1984.

Provenance China


Object keywords chime, Japan

Display keywords

Title Japanese wind chime (furin)

Description Anthracite-colored wind chime bell with nearly conical profile suspended from an umbrella-shaped cover. A double-sided blue slip of paper with a calligraphic Japanese inscription hangs from the artfully shaped clapper. Sounds approximately at c2.

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Maker

Date 20th centuryMaterial keywords various metals, paper, cord

Condition

Dimensions bell diameter: 4.3 cm; bell height: 3.8 cm; overall height without paper: 18 cm

Remarks Display suspended or with clapper visible.



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Provenance


Object keywords souvenir, inauguration, Japan

Display keywords angels

Title Japanese carillon inauguration souvenir bell

Description Bell of white Delftware commemorating the inauguration of the Joy of Angels carillon tower in Japan in December of 1990. It is decorated with twohorn-blowing angels in blue, and a semi-opaque beadclapper is suspended inside from a wire. A blue ribbon is tied to the suspension loop.

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Maker (Delft, the Netherlands)

Date 1990Material keywords glazed porcelain (Delftware)

Condition


Remarks Kaicho-Sensai 5

Owner Jo Haazen CollectionInscriptions lip: THE DEDICATION OF THE JOY OF ANGELS

above lip: DECEMBER 1990inside: DELFT / KAL / DJ


Conservation

History I.M. Pei built the Joy of Angels carillon tower at the Shinji Shumeikai in Shiga, Japan. Over 15000 peopleattended the inauguration recital given by Jo Haazen,and all received this bell.

Provenance Shinji Shumeikai, Shiga, Japan


Object keywords Buddhism, ritual

Display keywords

Title Buddhist bell and thunderbolt

Description A drilbu and dorje (or ghanta and vajra) used in TibetanBuddhism to drive off evil spirits. The bell bears a characteristic openwork pronged handle and mantrason the shoulder. The vajra (literally, thunderbolt) is held in the right hand and represents the masculine element of compassion, while the bell is held in the left and represents the female element of wisdom. The drilbu, cast in two parts, handle and bell, is also ornamented on the interior around the clapper eye. Sounds at b-flat 2.

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Maker

Date 20th centuryMaterial keywords brass

Condition

Dimensions bell diameter: 8.9 cm; bell height: 15.5 cm; vajra diameter: 3.5 cm; vajra height: 11.4 cm

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History

Provenance Purchased for 995 francs


Object keywords Buddism, bowl

Display keywords

Title Buddhist singing bowl

Description Buddhist singing bowl of hand-hammered bronze with suede-lined wooden mallet. It is played by striking or slowly rubbing/stirring the mallet within or on the top outer surface of the bowl to produce acontinuous harmonic sound.

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Maker

Date 2000Material keywords bronze, wood, suede

Condition

Dimensions diameter: 17.0 cm; mallet length: 19.3 cm

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Conservation

History

Provenance Gift of Jo Haazen (bought for 76 €) in 2000


Object keywords decorative, India

Display keywords

Title Enameled Indian bells (5)

Description Set of five enameled papier-maché Indian bells richlydecorated with floral and animal motifs and painted black inside. Their profiles are extremely tall and narrow. Each is hung from a silver-colored elastic cord with tassel, the other end of which holds the clapper ball. The clapper balls are themselves crotalswith jingling pellets and shaped to resemble a quatrefoil flower. Two bells are blue, two red, and one green. They do not sound specific pitches.

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Maker

Date 20th centuryMaterial keywords papier mâché, paint, cord, tassel

Condition

Dimensions average height: 4.2 cm; average diameter: 5 cm

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Title Doorbells (4)

Description A woven cord with four Pakistani doorbells of increasing size and slightly conical profiles. Sequins and blue and white beads are braided into the cord.

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Maker

Date modernMaterial keywords brass, cord

Condition

Dimensions length: 80.0 cm; diameters: 6.7 cm, 5.0 cm, 4.4 cm, 3.8 cm; heights to crown: 6.0 cm, 5.3 cm, 3.9 cm, 3.4cm

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Provenance Pakistan


Object keywords Pakistan

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Title Ghungroos (2)

Description Two sets of Pakistani ankle bells or ghungroos worn bydancers to enhance rhythmic footwork. Each rectangular leather belt with a backing of red velvet holds four rows of crotals. The belt is secured with two straps and buckles.

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Maker

Date modernMaterial keywords brass, leather, velvet

Condition

Dimensions widths: 22.5 cm, 24.6 cm; heights: 16.4, 16.6 cm; average crotal height: 4 cm

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History

Provenance Pakistan


Object keywords animal bell, Pakistan

Display keywords

Title Buffalo bells

Description Pakistani buffalo bells with hemispherical profile greatly thickened at shoulder and tapering at lip. Theprofile may almost be described as a gentle ‘S’. The smaller bell has a clapper with double clapper ball. The larger bell sounds between f1 and f#1 and the smaller at c2.

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Maker

Date modernMaterial keywords bronze

Condition

Dimensions diameters: 5.3 cm, 6.0 cm; heights: 8.0 cm, 8.8 cm

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History

Provenance Pakistan



Display keywords

Title Cat bells (3)

Description Three small Pakistani crotals used as cat bells.

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Maker

Date modernMaterial keywords brass

Condition

Dimensions diameters: 2.1 cm, 1.9 cm, 1.6 cm

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History

Provenance Pakistan



Display keywords

Title Noisemaking camel anklet

Description Pakistani noisemaker for the ankle of a camel, shapedlike a hollow anklet with a groove following its lengththat allows the steel pellets to be seen inside. The exterior is ornamented by an engraved zigzag. The two ends of the anklet do not connect to form a full circle. Camel anklets are very common in India and Pakistan.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords bronze, steel

Condition

Dimensions diameter; 8.8 cm; height: 1.5 cm

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Conservation

History

Provenance Pakistan



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Title Noisemaking goat anklet

Description Pakistani noisemaker for the ankle of a goat, shaped like a hollow anklet with a groove following its lengththat allows the pellets to be seen. The exterior is decorated on one side by an engraved zigzag. The two ends of the anklet do not connect to form a full circle.

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History

Provenance Pakistan



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Title Noisemaking ox anklets (4)

Description Two sets of two entwined brass noisemaking anklets for oxen, each shaped like a hollow anklet with a groove following its length that allows the cork-like pellets to be seen. Ornamented with a simple engraved zigzag pattern. The two ends of each ankletdo not connect to form a full circle.

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Maker


Condition

Dimensions diameters: 11.5 cm, 12.5 cm; height: 1.6 cm, 2.0 cm

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History

Provenance Pakistan



Display keywords

Title Goat bells (3)

Description Three Pakistani goat bells with oval cross-sections and metal rods for clappers. Not cast, but constructedfrom sheet metal that is riveted together at the seams.Sound approximately at a1, c1, and f#1.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords brass or copper

Condition Highly corroded.

Dimensions diameters: 7.0 cm, 6.6 cm, 4.6 cm; heights: 12.5 cm, 10.8 cm, 7.8 cm

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History

Provenance Pakistan



Display keywords

Title Telescoped camel bells (5)

Description Five dark bronze bells telescoped into each other andworn by the first and last camel of a convoy. Their profiles are nearly conical with oval cross-sections. Each bell acts as a clapper for the larger bell above it,but the smallest bell lacks a clapper. The shoulder of the largest bell is ornamented by a rudimentary engraved band.

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Maker


Condition

Dimensions heights: 10.0 cm, 9.5 cm, 6.0 cm, 4.5 cm, 2.5 cm

Remarks Ideally displayed suspended and playable.



Conservation

History

Provenance Near East



Display keywords

Title Hemispherical horse bells (3)

Description Three hemispherical horse bells (crotals) of differentsizes with bottom slit, perforations, and simple engraved design.

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Maker


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Dimensions diameters: 7.3 cm, 6.8 cm, 6.1 cm

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Provenance

Inventory number F01

Object keywords carillon, practice keyboard

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Title Practice carillon of Nora Johnston

Description The practice or “portable” carillon of Nora Johnston,of a bold and highly unusual conception. Although itis a practice instrument, its sonority is agreeable. However, it differs from belfry keyboards more than typical practice instruments do. Its production cost aconsiderable amount of money and research, and it isthe only example of its kind.

Johnston left the portable carillon to Kamiel Leféverein her will. H.G. Van der Weyden restored it to its original state in 1981.

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Maker Gillett & Johnston

Date 20th centuryMaterial keywords various

Condition

Dimensions

Remarks


Location Stadsmagazijn, Grote Nieuwedijkstraat 429, Mechelen, Lokaal materiaal verkiezingen

Conservation

History Nora Johnston, daughter of the English bellfounder,graduated from the KBS in 1933. She played this keyboard at notable occasions, including the baptismof Prince Charles of England.

Provenance Gift of K. Lefévere (1953). KBS paid transport.


Object keywords carillon, keyboard

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Title Carillon keyboard of St.-Niklaaskerk, Edingen

Description Former keyboard of the Dumery carillon in the St.-Niklaaskerk in Enghien. 5 diatonic pedals coupled tokeyboard, which begins with those 5 notes and then ranges chromatically from C2 to E4. The long keys are about 22 cm in length, but the pedals are only 17cm to 18 cm long. Players rested their feet in two worn notches on either side of the pedals. The manual keys, with square cross-sections, are wrappedin leather. Nearly the entire framework is of wood, formerly painted orange.

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Maker

Date 1756Material keywords wood, metal

Condition Manual f#1 is broken.

Dimensions height: 118.0 cm; width: 123.0 cm; length: 48.0 cm; length with keys: 69.0 cm

Remarks


Location MKBS (museum 2, keyboard 3)

Conservation

History The installation and inauguration of a new instrumentoccurred in 1756, rendering this keyboard unnecessary.

Provenance St.-Niklaaskerk, Enghien, Belgium


Object keywords carillon, Mechelen standard keyboard

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Title Keyboard of old St. Rombouts Tower carillon

Description Keyboard of the old carillon of St. Rombouts Tower.It encompasses four octaves, with 44 keys in the manual, 17 of which are coupled to pedals by tumblers. The chromatic key fall is lower than the diatonic key fall. The pedals begin with Bb, followedby c0, d0, e0, and f0, and then proceed chromaticallyto f1. The first 4 manual keys, which begin with d0, are made of iron. The highest key is b-flat 3. The music stand has two staves drawn on it and three metal clips in place.

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Maker

Date s. XVIIIex - XIXinMaterial keywords wood, iron, and diverse materials

Condition

Dimensions length: 42.0 cm; length with keys: 90.0 cm; width: 153.0 cm; height to keys: 105.4 cm; overall height: 148.0 cm

Remarks Godenne 3



Conservation

History Jef Denyn played his famed Monday evening concertson this keyboard starting in 1892. It was retired in 1945 at the expansion of the carillon, but served as the prototype in Belgium and abroad until 1975.

Provenance St. Rombouts Cathedral, Mechelen


Object keywords practice keyboard, Henry

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Title Practice keyboard of Léon Henry

Description Practice keyboard made by the Technical School of Nivelles for its end-of-the-year exhibition to replace the first keyboard of Léon Henry, destroyed during the bombardment of the city during World War II. The tone bars are not quite in tune.

All pedals coupled to keyboard and range from c0 tof1. The keyboard ranges from c0 to g3.

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Maker students of the Technical School in Nivelles

Date c. 1946Material keywords wood, iron, springs, wires, tone bars, felt

Condition Most of the orange felt has disintegrated.

Dimensions length: 46.0 cm; length with keys: 61.0 cm; width: 142.0 cm; height: 174.5 cm

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Conservation

History

Provenance Nivelles, Belgium


Object keywords practice keyboard

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Title Practice keyboard from Zottegem

Description The former practice keyboard of Jo Haazen, originallyfrom the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Hemelvaartkerk in Zottegem. Above the keyboard, the case is ornamented by floral openwork centered upon a lyre,all backed with red felt. Sound is heard through the openwork. The radiating pedals, coupled to the keyboard, range from c0, d0, e0, and f0 chromaticallyto f1. The keyboard ranges from c0, d0, e0, and f0 chromatically to f3. The key fall is 6.0 cm. There are two empty slots for lower pedals.

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Maker

Date c.1910Material keywords various, wood

Condition The highest and lowest pedals do not work. The lowest key is broken.

Dimensions length: 34.0 cm; length with keys: 58.0 cm; width: 128.0 cm; height: 155.0 cm

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Conservation

History Haazen’s mother purchased this keyboard for his usein Antwerp in 1962 from the carillonneur of Zottegem. See G03 for a mechanical drum from the church in Zottegem.

Provenance Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Hemelvaartkerk, Zottegem


Object keywords practice keyboard, Haazen, Lehr

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Title Hazeleer-klavier

Description Experimental practice carillon in light brown woodencase. This keyboard was intended to serve as a fine musical instrument in itself, but requires a high amount of maintenance. It sounds via tone bars and columns , and magnetically attached case paneling is removed by pulling the knobs. The leather-padded pedals are not coupled to the keyboard, and range from c0 to g1. The keyboard ranges from g0 to d4. With adjustable polished wood bench.

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Maker Jo Haazen, André Lehr

Date late 20th centuryMaterial keywords wood, felt, leather, springs, tone bars, tone columns

Condition Hiighest pedal is broken; a few pedals do not sound. Bench seat is cracked.

Dimensions length: 65.0 cm; width: 145.7 cm; height: 141.2 cm

Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions on metal plaque above music stand: Hazeleer


Conservation

History Haazen and Lehr designed the instrument, which wasconstructed by the workshop of the Nationaal Beiaardmuseum in Asten, the Netherlands.

Provenance Creation fully financed by the KBS


Object keywords piano, keyboard, Denyn

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Title Jef Denyn’s piano

Description Ebony-colored salon piano once belonging to Jef Denyn, with sustain and una corda pedals, ivory keys,and elaborate floral copper candle holders above thekeyboard, each with room to hold two candles. Within the interior are crossed strings attached to a metal framework by pins labeled with the name and length of each string, as well as the engraved inscription “465 / G.K.”, and the serial number 12091. The backing of the piano is of brown fabric. The 85 keys range from AAA to a4.

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Maker F. De Campenaert

Date s. XIX - XXinMaterial keywords wood, ivory, metal, fabric

Condition Many keys stick when played. Out of tune. Fabric backing is torn.


Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions above keyboard: F. DE CAMPENAERT, MALINES

soundboard: 465 / G.K. / 12091


Conservation

History

Provenance Possessions of Jef Denyn


Object keywords carillon, keyboard

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Title Carillon keyboard from the Abbey of Eename

Description Former keyboard of the Abbey of Eename for a 35-bell carillon cast by Pieter Hemony in 1679. The 35 unusually large manual keys probably did not allow for nuanced playing. The keys are lengthened at eachend of the keyboard along the arc of an ellipse, with the longest being 21.1 cm in length and the shortest 14.6 cm. By contrast, the pedals are 11.6 cm long. The 10 pedals are diatonic from c0 to e1 and all coupled to the keyboard, which is diatonic from c0 toe1 and chromatic from f1 to f3.

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Maker

Date 17th centuryMaterial keywords wood, metal

Condition Cracked, all pedals uncoupled.

Dimensions length: 45.2 cm; width: 134.1 cm; height: 108.9

Remarks Godenne 4



Conservation Propped on the left side by a wooden wedge.

History See O01 for manuscript letters between Pieter Hemony and Antoine de Loose, abbot of Eename.

Provenance Gift of the city of Geraardsbergen



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Title Early KBS practice keyboard

Description One of the first KBS practice keyboards, with pedalsranging from Bb, c0, d0, e0, and f0 chromatically to f1. Manual ranges from Bb, c0, d0, e0, and f0 chromatically to a3.

This keyboard was practiced by Gustaaf van Hoey, director of the Stedelijk Conservatorium Mechelen, without sound bars or springs. He received this keyboard from his grand-uncle Louis Wittmann, citycarillonneur of Mechelen from 1841 to 1849. After van Hoey’s death, the keyboard was left at Bailles deFer.

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Maker refurbished by Jef Denyn (1862-1941)

Date 19th centuryMaterial keywords wood, metal, springs, tone bars, leather

Condition No longer sounded via keys or pedals. Manual b2 is broken.

Dimensions case length: 42.5 cm; width: 149.5 cm; height to sound bars: 127.7 cm; overall height: 168.0 cm




Conservation

History Young J. J. Van Beers acquired and practiced on thiskeyboard during World War I when Jef Denyn was inEngland, and repaired the carillon of St. Rombouts Tower in time to play during the German retreat. When he left Mechelen, he gave the keyboard to his friend Willy Geets. Denyn acquired it for the KBS, fitting it with sound bars, springs, etc.

Provenance Louis Wittmann was the first known owner


Object keywords piano, keyboard

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Title Upright piano (Uebel & Lechleiter)

Description Black upright piano with ivory keys, damper pedal, and una corda pedal. A stylized engraved Art Nouveau floral pattern ornaments the case above thekeyboard along with two brown wooden floral medallions in relief. Two pilasters frame the pattern, and the keyboard stands on two carved legs. On the plate is a drawing of four sets of International Exhibition commemorative medallions. The keyboard extends from AAA to a4.

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Maker Uebel & Lechleiter OHG (Heilbronn, Württ, Germany)

Date c. 1911-1915Material keywords wood, ivory

Condition Paint has chipped off the lid and some parts of the body.

Dimensions width: 154.0 cm; depth: 65.0 cm; height: 124.0 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions interior: serial number “13151” and various inscriptions around the medallions, which

are labeled, “MANNHEIM 1880.”, “AMSTERDAM 1883.”, “LONDON 1884.”, and“MÜNCHEN 1888.”

Location KBS (third floor practice room)

Conservation

History This was the first piano owned by the KBS and is stillin use for lessons and practicing. Until 1959, Jef VanHoof gave lessons in harmony and composition at this piano.

Provenance Purchased by the KBS in 1922



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Title Practice keyboard from first KBS building

Description A practice keyboard and bench used at the original site of the KBS.

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Maker

Date s. XX1Material keywords wood, metal

Condition

Dimensions

Remarks


Location KBS (attic, back room, east wall)

Conservation

History

Provenance


Object keywords practice keyboard, Bigelow

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Title Practice keyboard (A. Bigelow)

Description The upper section of a practice keyboard built by American carillonneur Arthur Bigelow, who came to the KBS in 1930 to study with Jef Denyn. He lived inLeuven until 1941 serving as University Carillonneurof the Catholic University of Leuven.

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Maker Arthur Bigelow (1910-1967, USA)

Date c.1930-1941Material keywords wood, springs

Condition Only the upper portion of the keyboard, including batons, remains.

Dimensions

Remarks



Conservation

History This keyboard was found on the street in Leuven by Jo Haazen around 1994 awaiting garbage removal.

Provenance Gift of Jo Haazen

Inventory number G01

Object keywords clock

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Title Tower clockwork with weights

Description Clockwork mechanism (gangwerk) regulated by a weight-driven pendulum and oscillating anchor. It is connected to an automatic play mechanism (slagwerk)slowed by an air brake (zwaantje). When the weight ofthe slagwerk is disconnected by the gangwerk, the chimesounds. The forged iron frame is painted blue and thebrass gears green. The weighted ropes are wrapped around wooden beams, and the entire mechanism rests on a brown wooden base.

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Maker

Date 18th centuryMaterial keywords forged iron (frame), brass (gears), wood, rope

Condition Not in working condition.

Dimensions width: 159.0 cm; length: 103.5 cm; height: 191.0 cm

Remarks Nationaal Beiaardmuseum number: 146 S 15


Location MKBS (museum 1, center of room)

Conservation

History Purchased c.1975 from the Nationaal Beiaardmuseum(Asten, the Netherlands), which had accessioned it that same year.

Provenance Bassingerhorn, the Netherlands


Object keywords clock

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Title Church clockwork with hour strike

Description Church clockwork in wooden frame with pendulum,11 notched circular weights to activate the mechanism, 2 air brakes, white clock face with Roman numerals, and an hour strike on top of the frame consisting of three patinated hemispherical chimes with external clappers. The warning bells sound at f1 and eb1, and the largest, the hour strike, at b1 with a major third overtone. On each side of the gangwerk is a slagwerk. The cast iron metal frame is painted green.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords cast iron (frame), brass (gears), wood

Condition Missing handle for winding up leftmost weights.


Remarks 2 weights atop Hazeleer-klavier, 5 on floor



Conservation

History From the Sint-Pieterskerk of Turnhout, this clockwork with hour strike alerted priests who couldnot hear the bells outside.

Provenance Gift of François Boonen (Turnhout) c.1986


Object keywords versteek, mechanical drum

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Title Mechanical drum (Zottegem)

Description Bronze drum with various types of pins attached for several melodies. Notches on the left side selected thehour strike, half hour strike, etc. There are 50 holes per row divided into vertical columns of 12, 13, 13, and 12 holes. Assuming 200 rows, there are about 10000 holes in total.

When activated, the pegs of the drum tip levers in thecarillon, thereby lifting and dropping external bell hammers.

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Condition No axle. Rust and patina on side and interior; some holes clogged by dust.

Dimensions diameter: 107.5 cm x 82.5 cm; holes: 6.0 x 6.0 cm

Remarks


Location MKBS (museum 1, center of room)

Conservation

History Formerly connected to the carillon of the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Hemelvaartkerk in Zottegem, Belgium.See F06 for the practice keyboard of the former carillonneur of that instrument.

Provenance Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Hemelvaartkerk, Zottegem



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Title Mechanical drum (Turnhout)

Description Anthracite-colored brass drum from the former automatic play in Turnhout, with various types of pins attached for several melodies. There are 60 holesper row. Estimating 130 rows of holes on the drum, there are about 7800 holes in total.

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Maker A.L. (d.1888) or S. (1819-1885) van Aerschodt

Date 19th centuryMaterial keywords brass

Condition No axle. Rusting, staining, and patina on the interior.

Dimensions diameter: 125.0 cm x 119.5. cm; holes: 7.0 x 7.0 mm

Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions Some of the rows are numbered.

Location MKBS (museum 2, southeast corner)

Conservation

History

Provenance St.-Pieterskerk, Turnhout, Belgium


Object keywords versteek, mechanical drum, St. Rombouts Tower

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Title Fixed pins from St. Rombouts Tower drum (9)

Description Six fixed pins made of iron, formerly used for the mechanical drum of the automatic play in St. Rombouts Tower. Each is of a different type, labeledwith the following numbers:

Plat (front): 1, 2, 8Kant (side): 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 1 and 12

The pins are threaded for nuts.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords iron

Condition

Dimensions length: 6.0 cm; width: 0.8 cm

Remarks Godenne 27.

Owner KBSInscriptions Plat (front): 1, 2, 8

Kant (side): 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 1 and 12


Conservation

History

Provenance St. Rombouts Tower, Mechelen


Object keywords versteek, mechanical drum Denyn

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Title Versteek lath from Liège (J. Denyn)

Description A brown wooden versteeklat (versteek lath) marked in pencil for an automatic play in Liège by Jef Denyn.

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Maker Jef Denyn (Mechelen, 1862-1941)

Date 1901Material keywords wood

Condition

Dimensions length: 75.0 cm; height: 4.0 cm; thickness: 0.7 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions front: ut | ré | mi | Fa | fa# | sol | sol# | La | si b | Si | ut | ut# | ré | mi b | mi |

fa | fa# | sol;back: Luik. 1901. Jef Denyn

Location MKBS (museum 2, case 4)

Conservation

History

Provenance Liège, Belgium



Display keywords

Title Versteek lath for St. Rombouts Tower drum

Description A brown wooden versteeklat (versteek lath) marked in black paint on one side and on paper pasted onto theother side. The sides are identical so that the lath maybe simply flipped over and used again. Made to assistpinning the same mechanical drum as G08.

See lower lath in photo.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords wood, paper

Condition Paper is partially peeled off.


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions on wood: SI | UT | UT# | RE | MIb | MI | FA | FA# | SOL | SOL# | LA | SIb

| SI | UT | DO# | RE | MI | FAon paper: UT | UT# | RE | MIb | MI | FA | FA# | SOL | SOL# | LA | SIb | si |ut | # | re | m


Conservation

History Made for pinning the mechanical drum of St. Rombouts Tower. See G08 for another lath used on that drum.

Provenance



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Title Versteek lath for St. Rombouts Tower drum

Description Brown wooden versteeklat (versteek lath) marked in black paint and, one on side only, Braille. Wires wrapped around the lath mark divisions between thenotes. A particularly interesting object but in poor condition.

See upper lath in photo.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords wood, wire

Condition Chipped. Halfway break was repaired with plastic net.


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions SI | UT | UT | RE | MIb | MI | FA | FA# | SOL | SOL# | LA | SIb | SI | UT |

DO# | RE | MI | FA

Identical inscription in Braille.


Conservation

History Made for pinning the mechanical drum of St. Rombouts Tower. See G07 for another lath used on that drum.

Provenance



Display keywords

Title Versteek lath

Description A dark gray wooden versteeklat (versteek lath) marked in black paint for pinning a mechanical drum. Paperwas pasted onto the other side and marked, but it wasnot coordinated precisely with the wooden side and isnow mostly worn off. Notice that the notes on the drum were not in the order of the diatonic scale.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords wood

Condition


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions on wood: UT | SIb | RE | FA | MI | RE | FA | SOL | SOL | LA | SI | SI | UT |

UT | RE | MIb | MI | FA | FA | SOL | SOL | LA | SI


Conservation

History

Provenance


Object keywords automatic play, St. Rombouts Tower

Display keywords

Title Electromagnetic tape mechanism (Eijsbouts)

Description Electromagnetic tape mechanism installed along withthe new carillon in St. Rombouts Tower for the automatic play. The synthetic roll is perforated with the pattern of the music and a guide in the form of apiano keyboard representation assists the carillonneurin creating the roll. Perforations in the tape run beneath a row of levers, which fall into the holes andclose electric contacts to activate the electromagnetichammers of the bells.

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Maker Royal Eijsbouts (Asten, the Netherlands)

Date 1989Material keywords metal, plastic, glossy paper

Condition

Dimensions width: 44.8 cm

Remarks Lehr, Art 291



Conservation

History This tape mechanism has been replaced by a computerized mechanism.



Object keywords swinging bell, bell frame

Display keywords

Title Maquette frame for three bells

Description Brown wooden maquette of a stand for three swinging bells, one at the top and two at the bottom.No bells are included. Signature of maker on upper straight swinging axis.

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Maker Arthur Jacobs

Date 1938Material keywords oak, iron

Condition


Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions ARTHUR JACOBS

Location MKBS (museum 1, south wall)

Conservation

History Several of these bell frames were made for the 1938 Carillon Exhibition in the City Hall of Mechelen, visited by over 30000 people, including King LeopoldIII and his son, Prince Boudewijn. See A14 for another object from that exhibition.

Provenance

Inventory number H01

Object keywords versteek, automatic play

Display keywords St. Rombouts Tower carillon

Title Bell diagram of St. Rombouts Tower

Description Diagram in black ink and yellow and brown paint of the carillon and mechanical drum in St. Rombouts Tower. The framework with carillon bells (depicted with free-hanging clappers) is shown at the top. In the middle is the former drum, without connections, in a frame. Suspended from a beam, the six swingingbells occupy the bottom of the page in a simplified setup, labeled with names and pitches. Information and bell inscriptions are given when available. The ninth-hour bell is shown above the swinging bells.

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Maker

Date late 17th centuryMaterial keywords paper, glass

Condition Faded. Much of the paper is torn away or stained, esp. from the bottom half.


Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions Hier beneffens staet het ghene bevonden wordt / op eenighe klocken van den Beyaert

op St. Rombauts Thoren binnen Mechelen. [Here below stand the words found on several bells of the carillon of St. Rombouts Tower in Mechelen]

Location MKBS (museum 2, east wall)

Conservation Mounted on brown paper and framed.

History

Provenance

Inventory number H02


Display keywords St. Rombouts Tower carillon

Title Diagram of the carillon of St.-Rombouts Tower

Description Inventory on paper of selected bell inscriptions (perhaps each in the script used on the bell) around adiagram of the old carillon (depicted with free-hanging clappers), ninth-hour bell, and six swinging bells of St. Rombouts Tower. Each bell is labeled bypitch, and some with founder and year cast. Names ofthe swinging bells are shown. The heading is written in Dutch, and there is a pasted correction in the upper left corner.

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Maker

Date late 17th centuryMaterial keywords paper, glass

Condition Fold marks in paper.


Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions heading: Het naervolgende staet te lezen op de groote Luijdende Klocken der Stadt

Mechelen op St. Rombouts Thoren [The following [inscriptions] stand to be read on the great Swinging Bells of the City of Mechelen in St. Rombouts Tower]


Conservation Framed. Needs to be covered when not viewed.

History

Provenance

Inventory number I01

Object keywords manuscript, sheet music, Denyn, versteek

Display keywords

Title “Fantasie de Lecréce Borgia” (A. Denyn)

Description Manuscript in black ink on staff paper of “Fantasie deLecréce Borgia” for automatic carillon, consisting ofone folded folio and two loose folios. The piece occupies five leaves. The back of page 1 shows penciltrials, and the back of page 3 shows penciled music. Sections are marked A, B, C, and D in blue color pencil. The bass clef contains notes only on pages 1 and 2.

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Maker Adolf Denyn (Mechelen, 1824-1894)

Date s. XIX2Material keywords paper, ink

Condition Should be covered when not being viewed.

Dimensions 3 ff.; width: 24.0 cm; height: 31.0 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions top of page 1: Andante Marche / Fantasie de Lucréce Borgia / M. Donizetti


Conservation

History A. Denyn wrote this piece for the mechanical drum of St. Rombouts Tower based on the opera ‘LucreziaBorgia’ by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848), which waspremiered in 1834.

Provenance


Object keywords book, sheet music, Van den Gheyn

Display keywords

Title Anciens Clavecinistes Flamands (ed. Van Elewyck)

Description Hardcover lithograph music book entitled “Collectiond’Oeuvres Composées par d’anciens et de célèbres ClavecinistesFlamands retrouvées et publiées par le Chevalier Van Elewijck” in two sections or “books”. Book 1 comprises 6 harpsichord suites, 2 organ preludes, and2 carillon preludes by Matthias Van den Gheyn: Prelude number 3 and Prelude “Coucou” (pp. 129-135). Brown marbled paper is integrated into the leather binding.

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Maker Ed. by Xavier van Elewyck (Leuven, d. 1889)

Date 1877Material keywords paperboard, paper, leather

Condition Cannot be closed. Title page of carillon preludes has come unattached.

Dimensions thickness: 3.9 cm; width: 29.0 cm; height: 34.5 cm

Remarks



Conservation

History Compiled by Knight Xavier van Elewyck and published in lithograph by Schott Frères (Brussels). Van Elewyck owned a 1756 carillon manuscript compiled under M. van den Gheyn’s direction.

Provenance Brussels, Belgium


Object keywords book, sheet music, manuscript, versteek

Display keywords

Title St. Rombouts Tower pinning book 1849-1862

Description Pinning book (versteekboek) recorded by Adolf Denynfrom 1849 to 1862 for the mechanical drum of St. Rombouts Tower, entitled “Aria’s welke op het uurwerk getteken zyn sedert 1849 tot 1862”.

97 pre-lined pages in 4 quires hard-bound with brownmarbled paper. Written in black ink. Each piece is titled, often after the season for which it was writtenor the work it paraphrases. After each is written “Goed gekeurd [date]” and the signature of city council member Ketelaers. Table of contents on p. 97.

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Maker Adolf Denyn (Mechelen, 1824-1894)

Date 1849-1862Material keywords cardboard, paper, ink

Condition Ink is faded, has soaked from recto of each folio to verso and vice versa.

Dimensions 97 pp.; length: 30.3 cm; width: 24.0 cm; thickness: 1.6cm

Remarks Displayed open to pp. 46-47.

Owner KBSInscriptions on cover in black ink: Aria’s welke op het uurwerk getteken zyn sedert 1849 tot 1862 /

Ad Denyn [Arias that were signed on the clockwork since 1849 to 1862]


Conservation

History

Provenance Estate of Staf Nees


Object keywords manuscript, versteek, De Gruytters, Antwerp

Display keywords

Title De Gruytters pinning (versteek) manuscript

Description The pinning ‘book’ (versteekboek) by Joannes de Gruytters (1709-1772) and his son Amandus de Gruytters (1736-1805) for the carillon of the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp. Actually comprises unbound sheets. Note that the measures indicated are drum measures and do not necessarily correspond to the meter. On some folios, the layout of the drum is written out, complimenting the purpose of a versteek lath. Headings, corrections, and dates are sometimes present.

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Maker Joannes de Gruytters, Amandus de Gruytters

Date 1740-1804Material keywords paper, ink

Condition Slight foxing.

Dimensions various - unevenly trimmed

Remarks Huybens C180

Owner KBSInscriptions Photos show music written in 1740. The first page begins, “Minuetto di P. Locatelli

opera 2da son[ata] X”.

Location copy: MKBS (museum 2, case 4a), original: Stadsarchief Mechelen

Conservation Two pages of facsimiles on display in museum.

History De Gruytters was carillonneur and organist of the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp. He penned the famous De Gruytters Carillon Book in 1746.

Provenance Gift of René De Bock (Antwerp)


Object keywords sheet music, manuscript, van Hoof

Display keywords

Title “Pedaal-Studie” manuscript (3 ff.) (J. van Hoof)

Description Three-folio manuscript of the “Pedaal-Studie in Suite-Vorm” by Jef van Hoof. In pencil, on two but occasionally three staves, with numerous corrections.Foliated in pencil.

“I. Introduzione” is sketched on ff. 1r to 2r, which are glued together at a corner. Save a few measures ofmusic, a calculation in pen, and the heading “Escoltia”, f. 1v is blank. f. 2v is the sketch of the endof “IV. Finale”, and f. 3r is the sketch of “II. Canzonetta”. The sketch for “III. Scherzando” on f.3v is entitled “Intermezzo”.

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Maker Jef van Hoof (Antwerp, 1886-1959)

Date c.1929Material keywords paper, pencil, ink

Condition Yellowing.

Dimensions 3 ff.; width: 31.9 cm; height: 23.8 cm

Remarks



Conservation

History Jef van Hoof was a preeminent Flemish composer who wrote in late Romantic style. Denyn recruited him as a teacher of harmony and composition at theKBS.

Provenance Possessions of Jef van Hoof


Object keywords sheet music, memorabilia, van Hoof

Display keywords

Title ‘Pedaal-Studie in Suite-Vorm’ (J. van Hoof)

Description A six-page suite of pedal studies for carillon by Jef van Hoof, published in 1929 by the KBS under publication number 5718. Footnotes in Dutch and English.

Contents:I. IntroduzioneII. CanzonettaIII. ScherzandoIV. Finale

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Maker Jef van Hoof (Antwerp, 1886-1959)

Date 1929Material keywords paper, ink

Condition Yellowed with corners of pages curling.


Remarks



Conservation

History Jef Denyn recruited van Hoof not only to teach at theKBS, but to develop a new repertoire for the carillon.The Art Deco cover art is by Leon Reypens.

Provenance


Object keywords sheet music, manuscript, Denyn

Display keywords

Title “Preludium in B” manuscript (J. Denyn)

Description Manuscript of “Preludium in Bes”, written by Jef Denyn in 1904.

A facsimile could be displayed alongside the corresponding LP (I08).

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Condition




Location Stadsarchief Mechelen

Conservation

History

Provenance


Object keywords recording

Display keywords

Title Record of “Proeludium” by Jef Denyn

Description LP record in paper slip of “Proeludium” composed and performed by Jef Denyn. There is a stamp on therecord label reading “GRAMOPHONE EDIFO”.

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Maker The Gramophone Co., Ltd.

Date s. XX1Material keywords black vinyl, paper

Condition

Dimensions diameter: 25.0 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions record: “HIS MASTER’S VOICE” / PROELUDIUM / (DENYN) / M. JEF

DENYN / CARILLON / SPEED 78slip: HEAR YOUR / RECORDS / AT THEIR BEST / ON THE NEW / “His Master’s Voice” / INSTRUMENTS


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Object keywords book, Godenne

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Title Jubileumboek 1922 - 1972

Description Jubileumboek 1922 - 1972 edited by Willy Godenne andHenry Joosen and published by the KBS in commemoration of its fiftieth jubilee. Contains colorplates of carillon concert publicity posters in appendix. The signatures are still uncut. Cover wrapped in protective tissue paper jacket.

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Maker KBS

Date January 1973Material keywords paper

Condition

Dimensions 341 pp.; width: 19.0 cm; height: 24.0 cm; thickness: 4.0 cm

Remarks Displayed open to pp. 10-11.



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Inventory number J01

Object keywords painting

Display keywords Mechelen, Salvator

Title Benediction Ceremony (J. Vervloet)

Description Painting entitled “The Benediction Ceremony of theduchess Salvator bell” by Mechelen-based artist Jan Vervloet. It shows Cardinal Sterckx blessing the duchess Salvator bell, cast by Andreas Lodewijk VanAerschodt, on the Great Market (Grote Markt) in Mechelen on 26 November 1844.

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Maker Jan Vervloet (Mechelen, 19th century)

Date 1844Material keywords oil on canvas

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Location Stedelijk Museum Hof van Busleyden (storage)

Conservation

History Salvator is the largest and heaviest carillon bell in Belgium and also serves as a swinging- and chime-bell.

Provenance



Display keywords St. Petersburg, Cathedral of Sts. Peter & Paul

Title Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul (R. Savels)

Description Painting showing an aerial view of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In the background are the Neva River and the city.

Six paperboard panels attached to and supported bywooden stand.

The photo shows a detail of painting at an angle.

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Maker Renaat Savels (b. 1934, Belgium)

Date 1996Material keywords poster paint on paperboard

Condition Poor; painted on four panels that are separating from each other.

Dimensions width: 153.0 cm; painting height: 189.6 cm; overall height: 256.0 cm



Location MKBS (museum 2, west wall)

Conservation

History Savels was an instructor of publicity painting in the Technische School Mechelen.

Provenance Gift of the artist


Object keywords painting, Russia, St. Petersburg

Display keywords Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul

Title Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul (R. Savels)

Description Painting showing an aerial view of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. In the background are the Neva River and the city. Painti on canvas supported by a wooden frame. Signed “R. SAVELS / 2002” in the lower right corner.

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Date 2002Material keywords paint, canvas, wood

Condition


Remarks


Location MKBS (museum 2, north wall)

Conservation

History Painted using a projection of a photograph of Saint Petersburg.



Object keywords painting, Russia

Display keywords St. Petersburg

Title Saint Petersburg (R. Savels)

Description View of a classical building and lamppost and the Russian imperial double-headed eagle emblem.

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Object keywords painting, St. Petersburg, Russia

Display keywords St. Petersburg

Title The ship Sedov in St. Petersburg (R. Savels)

Description The four-masted tall ship Sedov (СЕДОВ) on the Neva River in St. Petersburg for the 1992 ColumbusRace. The Sedov was given to the USSR as part of the reparations after World War II. It is the largest traditional tall training ship in the world.

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Condition

Dimensions width: 96.5 cm; painting height: 191.0 cm; overall height: 219.0 cm

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Display keywords fire bell

Title La Voix du Tocsin (A. Maignan) (reproduction)

Description Color photographic reproduction of the dramatic oilpainting “La Voix du Tocsin” by Albert Maignan showing a fire bell (tocsin) being sounded by nude ringers amidst flames from the left.

Photo(s)

Maker Albert Maignan (1845-1908) (copy)

Date 1888 (copy)Material keywords photo on cloth by J. L. Boutillier

Condition Faded.


Remarks



Conservation

History Exhibited in 1888 at the annual meeting of the Société des Artistes Français at the Palais des Champs-Elysées in Paris. Original in Musée de Picardie, Amiens, France.

Provenance


Object keywords painting, bellfounder, foundry

Display keywords bellfounder, foundry

Title “Toning of the Bell” (W. Shirlaw) (copy)

Description Research into the overtones of a bell in a bellfoundryin southern Germany. The newly-cast bell rests on itssoundbow and shoulder while the caster activates its tones with a hammer. A priest compares the corresponding flageolet tone on a violin to the partials. The female figure at right may be the patronof the bell. The boy to her left parodies the movements of the priest while the intently listening girl in the foreground has forgotten her toys and a bulldog gazes into the bell.

The photo shows a detail of the painting.

Photo(s)

Maker Walter Shirlaw (USA, 1838-1909) (copy)

Date 1874 (copy)Material keywords photo on cloth

Condition


Remarks Lehr, Campanologie (1997)



Conservation

History The original painting was exhibited in Munich and atthe 1876 Centennial Universal Exposition in Philadelphia. It is now owned by the Art Institute ofChicago.

Provenance



Display keywords St. Rombouts Tower

Title De Meester Speelt (G. Van Der Heijden)

Description Predominantly gray evening painting of St. RomboutsTower entitled “De Meester Speelt”, as written on theback. A cloaked figure sits in a chair outside his/her door, and in the background the tower stands over the scene with warm yellow light issuing from its windows, symbolic of the music being played.

Mounted on particle board. Attached to the back is the business card of Gérard Van Der Heijden with ahandwritten dedication.

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Maker Gérard Van Der Heijden (Breda, NL)

Date 20th centuryMaterial keywords paper, particle board

Condition


Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions on back: “= De meester speelt =” [The master plays]

business card: “met de besten dank voor het kunstspel op 3 Sept. 23 / genoten in den hof van de Beiaardschool. / Breda” [with great thanks for the artistic performance on 3Sept. 23 / enjoyed in the court of the Carillon School. / Breda]

Location KBS (attic: “Museum-Stukken” drawer)

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Inventory number K01

Object keywords lithograph

Display keywords St. Rombouts Tower, Salvator

Title “Bénédiction de la grosse cloche” (lithograph)

Description Lithographic print of the benediction of the “Salvator” bell, founded by Andreas Van Aerschodt,by the cardinal as it hangs in a covered frame on theGreat Market (Grote Markt) of Mechelen amidst a large crowd, including ecclesiastical and military personnel and civilians. There is a long inscription below the picture.

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Maker J. Grégoire

Date late 19th centuryMaterial keywords paper

Condition


Remarks Godenne 41. Lehr, Art 207.

Owner MKBSInscriptions BÉNÉDICTION DE LA GROSSE CLOCHE NOMMÉE SALVATOR. / Le 26 Novembre 1844, Son

Eminence le Cardinal-Archêveque, entouré de son clergé, a béni sur la place publique de Malines, la Cloche nommée Salvator, qui eût pour marraine Madame la Douairière De Bors, née de Spenraey, et pour parrain Monsieur le Baron de Steenhault, Bourgmestre de la ville. Les autorités civiles et militaires ainsi qu’une foule immense assistaient à cette intéressante cérémonie. Cette cloche, sortant de la fonderiede M. van Aerschodt - Van den Gheyn de Louvain, a le poids énorme de 18,000 livres.

Location MKBS (museum 2, east wall)

Conservation framed

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Object keywords etching


Title St. Rombouts Tower from the Wollemarkt

Description Etching of St. Rombouts Cathedral with the busy Wool Market (Wollemarkt) of Mechelen in the foreground. Dramatic rays of sun seem to be emanating from a point behind the tower.

Photo(s)

Maker Léon (?)

Date s. XIX/XXMaterial keywords paper

Condition

Dimensions etching width: 23.5 cm; frame width: 39.0 cm; etchingheight: 33.5 cm; frame height: 51.0 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions signature: Léon ....scheul


Conservation framed

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Object keywords engraving

Display keywords St. Rombouts Tower, swinging bells

Title Bellringers in St. Rombouts Tower (A. Geudens)

Description Copper engraving of four bellringers swinging a bell before onlookers in St. Rombouts Tower.

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Maker Albert Geudens (Mechelen, 1869-1949)

Date early 20th centuryMaterial keywords paper

Condition

Dimensions engraving width: 59.0 cm; frame width: 76.5 cm; engraving height: 48.0 cm; frame height 69.0 cm

Remarks Godenne 38

Owner MKBSInscriptions in pencil: 97/100 A. Geudens


Conservation Framed.

History Engraver Albert Geudens, born in Mechelen, was oneof the first and best friends of Jef Denyn.

Provenance Gift of Mrs. A. Geudens




Title Old carillon of St. Rombouts (A. Geudens)

Description Engraving of a view of three bells and part of the framework of the old carillon of St. Rombouts Towerbefore 1980 as well as a clock face and several flyingbirds.

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Date 1912Material keywords paper

Condition

Dimensions engraving width: 29.0 cm; frame width: 46.5 cm; engraving height: 38.0 cm; frame height: 58.5 cm

Remarks Godenne 38. Lehr 234.

Owner MKBSInscriptions in pencil: 54/100 A. Geudens


Conservation framed

History



Object keywords wood engraving, bellfounder

Display keywords bellfoundry

Title Tuning of a Bell (after W. Shirlaw)

Description Wood engraving made after a painting by Walter Shirlaw of the tuning of a bell. Glued to the back are three pieces of paper, one a cutout of a description inFrench published in 1880 of Shirlaw’s painting and anote typed in Dutch and French by José Camby regarding the painting and the importance of the development of tuning, particularly in relation to English bellfounding.

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Maker Walter Shirlaw (USA, 1838-1909) (copy)


Condition Framed, but the backing of the frame is taped and coming off.


Remarks See J07 for full description of artwork.

Owner MKBSInscriptions Below etching, on mat: Een der vroegere wijzen van het stemmen der klokken. / Une

des anciennes façons d’accorder les cloches. / Houtgravure naar W. Shirlaw. / Gift vandhr. José Camby.


Conservation

History José Camby was the curator of the Musée Charlier inBrussels.

Provenance Gift of José Camby (Brussels)


Object keywords steel engraving


Title St. Rombouts Tower (J.B. de Noter / J. Hunin)

Description Steel engraving of St. Rombouts Tower by Jan-Baptist de Noter (Mechelen, 1786-1855) and MathieuJoseph Karel Hunin (Mechelen, 1770-1851) as it would look if its construction had been completed.

Photo(s)

Maker Jan-Baptist de Noter, M. Joseph Karel Hunin


Condition Framed, but the mat may be covering the transepts.

Dimensions engraving width: 16.0 cm; frame width: 31.0 cm; engraving height: 91.0 cm; frame height: 108.0 cm

Remarks www.rkd.nl/rkddb/default.asp?action=deepLink &database=ChoiceArtists&%250=40622



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Object keywords steel engraving


Title St. Rombouts Tower (J.B. de Noter / J. Hunin)

Description Steel engraving made in 1812 of the front of St. Rombouts Tower by Mathieu Joseph Karel Hunin after Jan-Baptist de Noter’s engraving of 1809.

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Maker M. Joseph Karel Hunin (Mechelen, 1770-1851)


Condition


Remarks www.rkd.nl/rkddb/default.asp?action=deepLink &database=ChoiceArtists&%250=40622

Owner MKBSInscriptions LA TOUR DE L’EGLISE METROPOLE DE ST. ROMBOUT A MALINES. [The

tower of the metropolitan church of St. Rombouts in Mechelen]


Conservation Framed, but text not visible beneath mat.

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Title St. Rombouts from St.-Katelijnestr. (A. Geudens)

Description Engraving of St.-Katelijnestraat leading to the western face of St. Rombouts Tower in the evening by Albert Geudens. Interestingly, there is a trolley following tracks down the street.

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Date early 20th centuryMaterial keywords paper

Condition


Remarks Godenne 38

Owner MKBSInscriptions in pencil: épreuve d’artiste / A. Geudens [test of the artist / A. Geudens]

Location MKBS (museum 2, northeast wall)

Conservation framed

History



Object keywords lithograph

Display keywords carillon

Title Lithograph of a carillon (A. Pieck, O. Aïvanhov)

Description Framed color lithograph of a watercolor by Anton Pieck (b. 1895, Den Helder, the Netherlands) of carillon bells with interior and exterior clappers, a snow-covered town and church in the background, and on the mat, an inscription in Dutch and French by Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov (1900-1986, Bulgaria).In total, twelve bells are visible.

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Maker Anton Pieck, Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Date 15 January (?)Material keywords paper

Condition faded

Dimensions frame width: 15.5. cm; frame height: 23.6 cm

Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions Ontwaak, er komen nieuwe / tijden! Les cloches, cest le réveil / de la Conscience

humaine... / Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov [Awake, new times come! Bells, they are the reveille of the human conscience...]


Conservation framed

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Object keywords etching, bellfounder

Display keywords Melchior de Haze

Title Etching “Melchior de Haze

Description Framed etching on paper of Antwerp bellfounder Melchior de Haze (1632-1697) with lengthy Latin inscription below and signature of artist in lower rightcorner.

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Maker J. van Reesbroek (copy) (see Lehr 150)

Date late 17th cent. (copy)Material keywords paper, frame

Condition


Remarks Godenne 43

Owner KBSInscriptions Melchior de Haze Antverpiensis / Moneta Regis Catholici Antverpia contra-Cvstos /

Nec non Campanarum Musicalivm Fvsor etc. [Melchior de Haze of Antwerp, the counterguard, with money from the Catholic King, has cast the “Musicalian” bell...]


Conservation framed

History De Haze may have learned from François and PieterHemony, particularly in view of his identical casting and tuning methods, which he never employed to equally great success.

Provenance Original in the Prentenkabinet, Brussels


Object keywords poster, Russia, Haazen

Display keywords

Title Poster for a lecture by Jo Haazen

Description Poster in red frame for a lecture by Jo Haazen at theMoscow State Conservatory, Russia, on 12 November 1993. In Russian Cyrillic. The lecture concerned carillons and the Russian bell (zvon) tradition.

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Maker

Date 1993Material keywords frame, glass

Condition





Conservation framed

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Object keywords etching

Display keywords Mechelen

Title “Belles maisons sur le Dijle, Malines” (Verschaeren)

Description Framed colored etching of homes along the Dijle River in Mechelen and their reflections in the water.Titled at bottom left and signed at bottom right. Print13 of 20.

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Maker Theodoor J. or Karel Verschaeren (Belgium)

Date s. XIX/XXMaterial keywords canvas, paint

Condition


Remarks http://www.artsite.be/musea/finearts/special.htm, http://www.rkd.nl/rkddb/default.asp?

Owner KBSInscriptions Belles maisons sur le Dijle, Malines / ... Verschaeren 13/20 [Beautiful houses on the

Dijle, Mechelen...]

Location KBS (2nd floor, small practice room)

Conservation framed

History Either by Theodoor J. Verschaeren (1874-1937) or Karel Verschaeren (1881-1928) (Mechelen, Belgium).

Provenance


Object keywords plan


Title Plan of St. Rombouts Tower completed

Description Plan on paper of the completed St. Rombouts Towerwith inscription beneath the diagram, translated as “Plan of St. Rombouts Tower / after the copy of 1550 conserved at the royal library in Brussels”.

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Maker

Date 1550 (copy)Material keywords paper

Condition

Dimensions frame width: 20.0 cm; frame height: 103.1 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions PLAN de la Tour de St=Rombaut / d’après la copie de 1550 conservée à la

bibliothèque royale à Bruxelles / Ontwerp van Sint=Rombouts toren / volgens de nateekening van 1550 berustend in de koninklijke bibliotheek te Brussel.


Conservation framed

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Object keywords Antwerp, Rottiers

Display keywords Cathedral of our Lady, Antwerp

Title Printing block of the Cathedral in Antwerp

Description Engraved metal plate showing the tower of the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, as well as the smaller towers of the Cathedral and rooftops in the foreground, mounted on a layered wood block. Usedfor a printing press.

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Maker

Date c.1952Material keywords wood, lead

Condition Still shows residue of some ink.

Dimensions etching width: 8.5 cm; etching length: 15.3 cm; overallwidth: 9.2 cm; overall length: 16.4 cm; height: 2.3 cm

Remarks



Conservation A box of carillon-related printing blocks is preserved in the KBS attic as well.

History Used for the printing of Beiaarden in België (1952) by Jef Rottiers.

Provenance


Object keywords Bruges, Rottiers

Display keywords Bruges, Belfort

Title Printing block of belfry in Bruges

Description Engraved metal plate showing the tower and city hallin Bruges against a sky of graceful clouds, mounted on a layered wood block.

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Maker

Date c.1952Material keywords wood, lead

Condition Traces of ink still visible. Nails on back are rusted.

Dimensions etching width: 15.0 cm; etching length: 8.2 cm; overallwidth: 7.9 cm; overall length: 16.0 cm; height: 2.3 cm

Remarks



Conservation

History Used for the printing of Beiaarden in België by Jef Rottiers.

Provenance


Object keywords poster, Russia

Display keywords stamps, St. Petersburg, St. Rombouts Tower

Title Russia-Belgium Joint Stamp Issue posters (2)

Description Two color posters showing the Russia-Belgium JointStamp Issue of 2003. Both show columns of stampswith carillon bells in the foreground and, in the background, St. Rombouts Tower in the left columnand the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in the rightcolumn.

One poster shows the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul and St. Rombouts Cathedral in the right border.The other shows carillon bells and Jo Haazen at the keyboard in the corners. In Dutch, French, and Russian.

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Maker De Post-La Poste (Belgium), Russian Post

Date 2003Material keywords canvas

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History This stamp issue celebrated 150 years of Belgian-Russian diplomatic relations and the 300th anniversary of the city of St. Petersburg. It was hung in the museum on the date of first postal issue.

Provenance

Inventory number L01

Object keywords plaque, sculpture, Denyn

Display keywords Jef Denyn

Title Plaque of Jef Denyn’s bust (B. Tuerlinckx)

Description Off-white plaque with rough edges of Jef Denyn’s bust in relief on a red and white marble base. The base in turn rests on an oak stand showing a ribbon and acanthus leaves in relief.

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Maker Baudouin Tuerlinckx (Mechelen, 1873-1945)

Date 1912Material keywords marble, oak

Condition Marble base is chipped.

Dimensions width: 44.0 cm; plaque height: 47.5 cm; overall height:177.0 cm

Remarks Huybens C6.

Owner MKBSInscriptions Denyn plaque: B. TUERLINCKX / 1912

metal plaque on marble base: AAN DEN GROOTEN BEIAARDIER / JEF DENYN / 1887 MECHELEN 1912 [To the great carillonneur / Jef Denyn / 1887 Mechelen 1912]

Location MKBS (museum 1, northwest corner)

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Object keywords memorabilia, statue, Denyn

Display keywords

Title Statue of woman with bells for Jef Denyn

Description Brown wood sculpture of a woman standing over a bell holding handbells attached with ribbons over herhead and a laurel branch.

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Maker

Date 1922Material keywords wood, metal

Condition cracks near base of statue

Dimensions width: 12.0 cm; length: 12.0 cm; height: 42.0 cm

Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions HET NATIONAALVERBOND DER OORLOGS VERMINKTE / EN

INVALIEDEN SOLDATEN VAN MECHELEN EN OMSTREKEN / AN DEN /WERELDBEROEMDEN MEESTER JEF DENYN / ALS BLIJK VAN HULDE DEN 12 AUGUSTUS 1922 [The National Association of War Victims and Disabled Soldiers of Mechelen and Environs to the world-famous master Jef Denyn as proof ofhomage the 12 August 1922]

Location MKBS (museum 2, atop keyboard 5)

Conservation

History The statue was a tribute to Jef Denyn for his 35th anniersary as city carillonneur of Mechelen and for the founding of the KBS.

Provenance


Object keywords bust, sculpture, Denyn


Title Bust of Jef Denyn

Description Beige terra cotta or plaster bust of Jef Denyn on brown wooden stand. Signed “J. ADELAERE / 1939” on back.

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Maker J. Adelaere

Date 1939Material keywords terra cotta or plaster, wood

Condition Crack down back of stand.

Dimensions overall height: 27.7 cm; bust height: 19.4 cm; base: 10.7 cm x 10.1 cm x 8.3 cm

Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions J. ADELAERE / 1939


Conservation

History The signature “J. Adelaere” may refer to Georges Adelaire (1903-1980).

Provenance


Object keywords bust, sculpture, Denyn


Title Model for bust of Jef Denyn

Description Reddish brown terra cotta bust of Jef Denyn on stand, both of the same material and hollow inside. Probably a model for L03. Signed “J. ADELAERE /1939” on back.

Photo(s)

Maker J. Adelaere

Date 1939Material keywords terra cotta

Condition

Dimensions overall height: 25.0 cm; base: 9.2 cm x 9.2 cm x 7.1 cm

Remarks compare L3

Owner KBSInscriptions J. ADELAERE / 1939

Location MKBS (archive)

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Object keywords bust, statue


Title Bust of Jef Denyn

Description Finely detailed bronze bust of Jef Denyn atop short bell-shaped stand.

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Maker

Date s. XX1Material keywords bronze

Condition

Dimensions overall height: 50 cm; width: 27 cm

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Object keywords bust, statue

Display keywords Van Beers

Title Bust of Joos Van Beers

Description Bronze bust of Joos Van Beers atop an imitation white and red marble base.

Photo(s)

Maker

DateMaterial keywords bronze, marble

Condition Base is scratched.

Dimensions overall height: 55 cm; stand width: 18 cm

Remarks see M36 and F10 for objects used by van Beers



Conservation

History Joos Van Beers was a student of Jef Denyn and composer of theater music.

Provenance


Object keywords sculpture, bust, Staf Nees

Display keywords

Title Bust of Staf Nees

Description Gray-painted bust of Staf Nees on wooden stand. Aninscription on paper by Piet van den Broek is pasted inside the bottom of the stand.

Photo(s)

Maker

Date 1979Material keywords plaster, wood, paint

Condition Bust not securely attached to stand.

Dimensions bust height: 39.7 cm; stand: 25.2 cm x 25.0 cm x 9.4 cm

Remarks Huybens C70



Conservation

History Gift of Father J. Feyen in 1979, to whom earlier it was anonymously delivered to the porter of the Abbey of Grimbergen .

Provenance Gift of Father J. Feyen on 12 September 1979


Object keywords furniture

Display keywords

Title Cabinet with bells in relief

Description Brown wooden cabinet custom-made for the originalKBS building. It stands on four legs and is ornamented with bells in relief. The first level contains one shelf and the second level contains threeshelves. The doors of the first level are ornamented with medallions in relief of ten bells suspended from three beams on the left door and a practice carillon keyboard on the right door. The cornice of the cabinet depicts nine bells in relief.

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Maker

Date early 20th centuryMaterial keywords wood, glass

Condition

Dimensions width: 109.3 cm; depth: 41.8 cm; height: 202.0 cm

Remarks


Location KBS (third floor classroom)

Conservation

History Gift to Jef Denyn by the Mechelen Meubel-fabrikanten (furniture industry).

Provenance Original site of the KBS

Inventory number M01

Object keywords memorabilia, Denyn

Display keywords

Title Finger protectors of Jef Denyn (3)

Description Three finger protectors used by Jef Denyn, two in brown and green velvet and one in beige leather.

Photo(s)

Maker

Date s. XIX/XXMaterial keywords velvet, leather

Condition The brown protector is nearly broken.


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Display keywords

Title Pipe, case, and tobacco filter of Jef Denyn

Description Well-worn yellow pipe in two sections with blackenedbowl and brown leather pipe encasement with gold-colored Dutch inscription and blue and gold interior,one side lined in velvet and the other in silk. Encasement opened via a release button on the bottom of the case.

Accompanied by a blackened yellow horn-shaped tobacco filter in a leather pouch.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords leather, velvet, silk

Condition Bowl of pipe is scratched from use, case is scratched at inscription.

Dimensions pipe length: 18.8 cm; pipe height: 6.0 cm; case length:20.0 cm, case height: 7.0 cm; filter length: 7.6 cm; filter pouch length: 9.5 cm


Owner KBSInscriptions pipe case: KRING ... / AAN / HUNNEN VRIEND / JOZEF DENYN [Circle ... /

to / their friend / Jef Denyn]


Conservation

History Given to Denyn by an association called the Kring ...(inscription unclear).




Display keywords

Title Pince-nez of Jef Denyn

Description The pince-nez of Jef Denyn with brown lens frames.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords metal, plastic

Condition Lenses are scratched, nosepieces uneven.

Dimensions length: 10.0 cm; height: 4.6 cm




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Display keywords

Title Cane of Jef Denyn

Description The brown wooden walking stick of Jef Denyn with asilver crook showing St. Rombouts Cathedral, a rooster crowing on a pedestal, books, sheet music, a lyre, and vines.

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Maker

Date 1912Material keywords wood, silver

Condition The bottom tip is worn diagonally.

Dimensions height: 81.3 cm


Owner MKBSInscriptions Aan onzer Vriend Jef Denyn 2 juli 1912 [To our Friend Jef Denyn 2 July 1912]


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Object keywords memorabilia, book, Denyn

Display keywords

Title Prayer book of Jef Denyn

Description Handwritten notebook of Jef Denyn containing his original prayers and loose religious papers. On the first leaf is written “A.M.D.G. / Geleden / Jef Denyn/ Mechelen”. Following are the contents of the first part of the book. There are blank pages at the end.1. Tot de H. Familie.2. Gebed tot O.L.V. van Genade3. De profundis4. Magnificat5. Prière dite6. Gebed tot den H. Josef(7). Gebed voor de dagelyksche Cou...

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DateMaterial keywords paper, cardboard cover

Condition First 14 leaves (recto/verso) have come unbound.



Owner MKBSInscriptions first leaf: A.M.D.G. / Geleden / Jef Denyn / Mechelen


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Title Plaque for Jef Denyn from the T.C.B.

Description Rectangular metal plaque for Jef Denyn in Art Nouveau style from the Touring Club de Belgique. One side shows a woman suspended over fields carrying the globe and is stamped “FERNANDUBOIS”. The other side shows a bird with outspread wings, TCB logo, and inscription.

Photo(s)

Maker Fernan Dubois


Condition


Remarks Godenne 7

Owner KBSInscriptions le T.C.B. / à MR Joseph DENYN / 6 SEPTEMBRE 1909 / TOURING CLUB DE /

BELGIQUE


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Display keywords

Title Pendant from international pedagogy congress

Description Gold-colored pendant showing a woman and child ata lectern on the obverse and a French inscription on the reverse.

Photo(s)

Maker Jos Fisch

Date 1911Material keywords metal

Condition

Dimensions

Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions 1er Congrès / Internationale / de Pédologie / Bruxelles 12-18 Aôut 1911 / J. FISCH

[1st international congress on Pedagogy, Brussels, 12-18 August 1911]


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Object keywords memorabilia, plaque, Denyn


Title Plaque dedicated to Jef Denyn (B. Tuerlinckx)

Description Brown plaque depicting a side view of the profile of Jef Denyn with bells in the background. Inscribed with “MECHELEN / -1887-1912-” in the upper right corner and “AAN DEN GROOTEN BEIAARDIER / -JEF DENYN-” at the base. Signed“B. Tuerlinckx”. The reverse of the plaque is plain.

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Condition Plaque in secretary’s office is in poorer condition.


Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions Mechelen / -1887-1912- / AAN DEN GROOTEN BEIAARDIER / -JEF DENYN-

[Mechelen / 1887-1912- / to the great carillonneur / -Jef Denyn-]

Location MKBS (museum 1, case 5, level 2) and MKBS (secretary’s office)

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Provenance Estate of Prosper Verheyden


Object keywords memorabilia, medal, Denyn


Title Medal for Denyn’s 25th year as carillonneur

Description Round gold-colored medal from the city of Mechelencommemorating Jef Denyn’s twenty-fifth-year jubileeas city carillonneur. The obverse shows the coat of arms of Mechelen supported by two griffins and the reverse shows a Dutch inscription framed in a laurelwreath.

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Maker


Condition Highly oxidized.


Remarks Godenne 7

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: IN FIDE CONSTANS [In faith constant]

reverse: De / Stad Mechelen / aan Jef Denyn, ter / gelegenheid van zijn / 25 jarig Jubelfeest / als Stadsbeiaardier / 1 Juli 1912 [The city of Mechelen to Jef Denyn on theoccasion of his 25-year Jubilee as City Carillonneur, 1 July 1912]


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Object keywords book, Denyn, Mercier

Display keywords illumination

Title Patriotisme & Endurance (Cardinal Mercier)

Description 45-page letter (Christmas 1914) by Cardinal Désiré Joseph Mercier in loose leaves, printed on “papier Hollande” with rough edges. The first loose leaf imitates an illuminated manuscript with acanthus goldborders, floriated initials, an illumination on raised gold diaper, floriated border with grotesque, and Gothic rotunda script in black ink headed by a rubric.

This is copy number 985 of 1250. With handwritten dedication in ink from Cardinal Mercier to Jef Denyn.

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Maker Cardinal Désiré Joseph Mercier (1851-1926)

Date published 1921Material keywords “Holland” paper

Condition

Dimensions width: 19.4 cm; height: 28.5 cm; 45 pages

Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions script in black ink: A Maître Jef denyn, / ... beau ... jubilaire, / en .... / et se vive

sympathie. / +S.E. Card. Mercier, Arch. de Malines. / 13 Août 1922.title page: PATRIOTISME & ENDURANCE / LETTRE PASTORALE DE / S. E.LE CARDINAL MERCIER / NOEL 1914


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History Cardinal Mercier valiantly resisted the German bell requisition of 1917 and, following King Albert I, made an important financial contribution to the founding of the KBS.

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Title Tribute medal for Jef Denyn (J. Fisch)

Description Circular medal showing an angel bearing a cartouchereading “HULDE” on the obverse and stamped “JOS FISCH”. The reverse shows an inscription encircled by two laurel branches.

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Maker Jos Fisch


Condition


Remarks Godenne 7

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: HULDE [Homage]

reverse: AAN / JEF DENYN / DE HOOP / MECHELEN / 20-8-22 [To / Jef Denyn / The Hope ...]


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Object keywords memorabilia, pendant, Denyn

Display keywords Denyn

Title Pendant showing Jef Denyn

Description Circular brass pendant showing the bust of Jef Denynin relief on the obverse and nearly illegible inscriptions on the reverse that may indicate the identity of the artist.

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Maker


Condition Heavily oxidized, part of suspension loop broken.


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: HULDEBETOON JEF DENYN / 1887 1922 [Homage to Jef Denyn / 1887

1922]


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Object keywords memorabilia, medal, Denyn, Antwerp

Display keywords Antwerp coat of arms

Title Medal from the city of Antwerp to Jef Denyn

Description Round silver medal showing the coat of arms of Antwerp crowned and garlanded, and supported by Adam and Eve carrying clubs beneath the legend “STAD ANTWERPEN” and over the stamp “F. BAETES. FEC.” The reverse shows in an inscriptionin a laurel wreath.

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Maker F. Baetes (Antwerp, late 19th/early 20th cent.)

Date 1922Material keywords silver

Condition extensive tarnish

Dimensions diameter: 6.1 cm; thickness: 3.5 mm

Remarks Godenne 7

Owner KBSInscriptions obverse: STAD ANTWERPEN / F. Baetes. Fec.

reverse: De / stad Antwerpen / aan / Meester Jef Denijn / stadsbeiaardier van Mechelen / ter gelegenheid van zijn / 35 jarigbeiaardierschap / 24 oogst 1922 [The cityof Antwerp to Master Jef Denyn, city carillonneur of Mechelen, on the occasion of his35th year of carillonneurship, 24 August 1922]


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Display keywords St. Rombouts Tower, Jef Denyn

Title Jef Denyn tribute plaques (4) (B. Tuerlinckx)

Description Four nearly identical plaques with arched tops and beveled base corners, made in homage to Jef Denyn.One is mounted on a marble base and one has a blank reverse. The obverse of each shows the bust ofJef Denyn with a legend at the base. The reverse shows a woman beneath an inscription gazing out ofher vine-covered window towards St. Rombouts Tower. Signed “B. TUERLINCKX” on reverse and“J. FONSON” on bottom edge.

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Maker Baudouin Tuerlinckx (1873-1945), J. Fonson

Date 1922Material keywords bronze, marble

Condition Two corners of marble stand are chipped.

Dimensions plaque width: 5.2 cm; plaque height: 5.4 cm; base: 8.0cm x 2.0 cm


Owner KBSInscriptions obverse: 1887 1922 / HULDEBETOON JEF DENYN [Homage to Jef Denyn]

reverse: MECHELEN / AANTREKKELIJKHEDEN / PRIJSKAMP VAN / UITSTALLINGEN / OOGST 1922 [Mechelen / Attractions / Competition of Window Displays / August 1922]stand: EEREMEDALIE [Medal of Honor]


Conservation

History See M15 for enlarged design, and M44 for the use of this plaque as an award at the first international carillon congress.

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Object keywords memorabilia, furniture, Denyn

Display keywords St. Rombouts Tower, Jef Denyn

Title Fireplace covers (2) (B. Tuerlinckx)

Description Two wrought iron fireplace covers with the same designs used for M14, but a different inscription.

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Date 1922Material keywords iron

Condition Brown with age and patina on back.


Remarks see M14 for same design on small plaque

Owner MKBSInscriptions window depiction: STAD MECHELEN / BESTENDIG FESTIVAL / 1922 [City of

Mechelen / Permanent Festival / 1922]Denyn’s bust: 1887 1922 / HULDEBETOON JEF DENYN [Homage to Jef Denyn]


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History The yearly summer music festival known as the “Bestendig Festival” has taken place since the late 19th century in Antwerp.

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Object keywords memorabilia, gift, plaque, Denyn

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Title Plaque from Cyril F. Johnston to Jef Denyn

Description Brass plaque with inscription dedicating it to Jef Denyn from Cyril F. Johnston. Probably initially attached to a memento via the four screw attachmentholes.

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Maker


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Remarks Godenne 7

Owner MKBSInscriptions TO M. LE CHEVALIER JEF. DENYN / A MEMENTO OF THE FIRST

RECITALS / BY HIM ON THE NEW CARILLONS AT / TILBURG (21.6.25) AND ‘S HERTOGENBOSCH (14.8.25) / FROM CYRIL F. JOHNSTON, CROYDON.


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History It is unknown to what gift this plaque was once attached.

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Object keywords gift, memorabilia, Denyn

Display keywords lion rampant, coat of arms

Title Silver goblet on stand

Description Silver goblet on round black stand given by Nora Johnston to Jef Denyn for Christmas in 1926. A dedication in elegant script is engraved on the front.Four symbols are engraved on the back:

1) “FEB” in a shield2) lion rampant3) coat of arms containing three mushrooms and a sword4) the letter “L” in script

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Maker commissioned by Nora and Cyril Johnston

Date 1926Material keywords silver, black wood

Condition dent in foot of goblet

Dimensions goblet diameter: 15.3 cm; goblet height: 12.0 cm; stand diameter: 14.0 cm; stand height: 6.5 cm

Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions To / M & Mme. Jef Denyn / from Cyril & Nora Johnston / Christmas 1926


Conservation

History Nora Johnston was a student at the KBS.

Provenance Estate of Jef Denyn


Object keywords memorabilia, goblet, Denyn

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Title Goblet from Albany to Jef Denyn

Description Sterling silver goblet on wooden stand given as tribute to Jef Denyn from the citizens of Albany, New York. A dedication is engraved in Gothic rotunda script on the flank reading, “Jef Denyn / from Citizens of Albany / with admiration of his playing / at the Inauguration of the / First MunicipalCarillon / in America / September eighteenth 1927”.The maker’s mark is found on the underside, indicating this object to be a replica of one made in 1757.

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Maker Tiffany & Co. (USA)

Date 1927Material keywords sterling silver, wood

Condition slight tarnish, dented base, wooden stand splashed with white paint

Dimensions diameter: 10.9 cm; goblet height: 14.6 cm; stand height: 3.7 cm

Remarks Huybens C47

Owner MKBSInscriptions underside: Tiffany & Co. 18544 Makers 15155 Sterling Silver 925-1000 m.

Reproduction original by WM. Schaw and WM. Priest London 1757


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History Denyn received this for leading the inauguration of the carillon of the city of Albany, the hometown of American carillon scholar William Gorham Rice.




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Title Trompes de Chasse medal (P. de Soete)

Description Circular bronze Art Deco medal showing the head ofa deer sounding a hunting horn on the obverse with aforest in the background and a crown and the logo ofthe Cercle Royal Saint-Hubert. Signed “P. de Soete”.The reverse shows an inscription in Art Deco type against a background of laurel.

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Maker Pierre de Soete (Brussels, 1886-1948)


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Remarks Godenne 7About de Soete: http://www.sijambes.be/index.php?

Owner KBSInscriptions obverse: P. de Soete

reverse: Homage au Maître Jef Denyn / le 17 août 1931 / CERCLE ROYAL / SAINT-HUBERT / TROMPES DE CHASSE / 1882 [Homage to Master Jef Denyn/ the 17 August 1931 ...]


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History Given to Jef Denyn by the Cercle Royal Saint-Hubert,a Belgian group of hunting horn players.




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Title Tobacco box for Jef Denyn

Description Silver tobacco box with inscription and two bells engraved on interior of lid. The exterior is ornamented with an engraved arrow and stripe pattern.

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Maker commissioned by Alfons Rolliers


Condition Bent and dented from use in Denyn’s lifetime. Tarnished interior.

Dimensions width: 10.4 cm; height: 7.6 cm; depth: 2.1 cm

Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions 1881 (bell) 1931 (bell)

AAN MIJN GOEDEN VRIEND / EN MEESTER / JEF DENIJN / TER GELEGENHEID ZIJNER 50 JARIGE / KUNSTBAAN ALS BEIAARDIER DERSTAD / MECHELEN / ALFONS ROLLIERS [To my good friend / and master / Jef Denyn / on the occasion of his 50th year / in his artistic profession as carillonneurof the city / Mechelen / Alfons Rolliers]


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History Alfons Rolliers was carilloneur of Sint-Niklaas, Belgium and began studying with Jef Denyn in 1909,well before the founding of the KBS.



Object keywords mortar, Denyn

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Title Homage mortar to Jef Denyn

Description Ocher and black bronze mortar cast by O. Michaux and M. Michiels as a homage to Jef Denyn. Ornamented below the rim by a thick band of acanthus leaves. Sounds at b2.

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Maker Omer Michaux (1877-1955), Marcel Michiels


Condition patina on interior


Remarks

Owner KBSInscriptions HULDE AAN JEF DENYN / O. MICHAUX / & M. MICHIELS 1881 ± 1931

[Homage to Jef Denyn ... ]


Conservation

History Michaux was the infamous bellfounder who sold a fake Hemony carillon to Alfred University in New York, USA in 1937.




Display keywords pub, musicians

Title Wall plaque for Jef Denyn

Description Large hammered bronze elliptical homage plaque to Jef Denyn on his fiftieth birthday, depicting a a couple dancing in a pub as two people cooperativelyplay a single flute. Two others sit at a table over foodand drink while one person sits alone. Majuscule inscription in border.

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Maker

Date 1931Material keywords hammered bronze

Condition White deposits or oxidization.

Dimensions ellips diameters: 64.0 cm and 44.8 cm

Remarks Mounted above office fireplace.

Owner KBSInscriptions HULDE AAN MIJN MEESTER JEF DENIJN. 1881-1931 / TOON LAUWERS.

[Homage to my master Jef Denijn. 1881-1931 / Toon Lauwers.]


Conservation

History Toon Lauwers was the tower keeper (torenwachter) of St. Rombouts Tower.





Title Plaque for Denyn’s 50th year as carillonneur

Description Rectangular brass plaque with arched top for Jef Denyn showing St. Rombouts Tower on the front with a signature in the lower right corner. The reversebears an inscription.

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Maker Mavou...


Condition Heavily tarnished and stained


Remarks Huybens C13

Owner MKBSInscriptions AAN DEN GROOTEN MEESTER / JEF DENIJN / DIE NU VIJFTIG JAAR /

DE KLOKKEN LIET SLAAN / EN ZINGEN / EN AAN ADOLF ZIJN VADER/ TE VOREN 32 JAAR BEIAARDIER / 1849 - 1881 - 1931 [To the great master / Jef Denyn / who now fifty years / the bells let strike / and sing / and to his father / previously 32 years carillonneur / 1849 - 1881 - 1931]


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Title Plaque from city of Bailleul for Jef Denyn

Description Silver Art Nouveau plaque given by the city of Bailleul to Jef Denyn, probably in recognition of a concert on the city hall carillon.

It is stored in a case of red leather with red velvet interior fitting that can be propped up, and an inscribed cartouche attached to the velvet. The fobverse shows a woman playing the harp and the signature “L CARIAT” at the base. The reverse shows a blank cartouche with laurel and palm leaves.

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Maker Lucien Jean Henri Cariat


Condition Interior and exterior of case are faded, front of plaque is tarnished.

Dimensions plaque: width: 6.4 cm; height: 6.4 cm; thickness: 0.3 cm. case: 9.2. cm x 13.2 cm x 3.0 cm

Remarks Godenne 7Several medals by Cariat: http://www.medals4trade.

Owner KBSInscriptions plaque: L CARIAT

cartouche: La ville de Bailleul / a Maitre Jef Denyn / 6 November 1932 [The city of Bailleul / to Master Jef Denyn / 6 November 1932]


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Provenance Bailleul, Belgium


Object keywords memorabilia, pendant, Denyn

Display keywords St. Michael

Title Pendant from city of Brussels for Jef Denyn

Description Elliptical pendant for Jef Denyn from the city of Brussels showing the seal of the city and St. Michael defeating a devil on the obverse. This image refers tothe Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, which houses a carillon in its tower. The reverse bears an inscription.

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Maker

Date early 20th centuryMaterial keywords metal

Condition Heavily oxidized.

Dimensions diameters: 2.2 cm and 3.1 cm

Remarks Godenne 7

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: ST. MICHIEL

reverse center: VIEUX / BRUXELLES / DENYN JEF / JUSQUES / Areverse border: EN TOUT FIDELES AU PORTER SA MEDAILLE


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Display keywords lion rampant

Title Order of Léopold (Knight) for Jef Denyn

Description Order of Léopold (Knight) medal consisting of a white enameled silver Maltese cross over a laurel andoak wreath, ensigned by a lion rampant within an inscription. The monogram of King Léopold I ensigns the reverse. The cross is topped by crown attached to purple silk ribbon. The award is of the 1880-1914 type.

See M56 for silver Order of Léopold awarded to StafNees.

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Maker

Date early 20th centuryMaterial keywords silk ribbon, metal, enamel

Condition Purple of ribbon has faded; missing rosette.

Dimensions width 3.9 cm; overall height: 10.7 cm

Remarks Huybens C11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Leopold

Owner MKBSInscriptions L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE [Union makes strength]


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Object keywords memorabilia, medal, papal distinction, Denyn

Display keywords Pope Leo XIII

Title Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontiface for Jef Denyn

Description The Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontiface awarded to Jef Denyn, comprising a Maltese cross with fleur-de-lis and the bust of Pope Leo XIII encircled by an inscription. The papal coat of arms and inscriptions appear on the reverse. The cross hangs from a red, orange, and white silk ribbon.

See M53 for the same honor awarded to Staf Nees.

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Maker

Date early 20th centuryMaterial keywords metal, silk ribbon

Condition

Dimensions width: 4.1 cm; overall height: 10.7 cm

Remarks Huybens C11

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: LEO XIII P. M. ANN. X [Tenth year of Leo XIII’s Pontificate]

reverse in circle: PRO ECCLESIA ET PONTIFICE [For the Church and the Pontiff]


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Display keywords monogram, cross

Title Civil Decoration for Long Service (2nd Class)

Description The Civil Decoration for Long Service in the Administration (Second Class), comprising a white enameled Maltese cross with lilies and the monogramof Léopold I. Identical reverse. Attached to black andred ribbon with rosette.

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Maker

Date early 20th centuryMaterial keywords silver, enamel, ribbon

Condition The pieces of the medal have come apart. Enamel chipped off at points.

Dimensions width: 3.5 cm; cross height: 5.6 cm; ribbon height: 4.7cm

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Title Civil Decoration for Long Service (bronze)

Description Civil Decoration for Long Service in the Administration (bronze), showing a Maltese cross onfloral background ensigned on the obverse with themonogram of Léopold I. Identical reverse. Attached to black and red ribbon. Accompanied by identical miniature.

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Maker

Date s. XX1Material keywords bronze , ribbon

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Dimensions width: 4.4 cm; overall height: 8.0 cm; miniature height: 6.7 cm

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Title Miniature medals for Denyn (3)

Description Set of three miniature medals, each with rosettes, forJef Denyn on a pinnable chain. The rightmost medal is a miniature of M26, the Order of Léopold (Knight). The middle medal is the Order of the Crown (Knight), and the rightmost is the Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontiface, a miniature of M27.

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Maker

Date early 20th centuryMaterial keywords metal, enamel, ribbon

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Owner MKBSInscriptions 1) L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE [Union makes strength]

3) obverse: LEO XIII P. M. ANN. X [Tenth year of Leo XIII’s Pontificate]reverse in circle: PRO ECCLESIA ET PONTIFICE [For the Church and the Pontiff] ;reverse on arms of cross: PRID[IE]. CAL. IAN[UAR]. 1888


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Object keywords memorabilia, souvenir, Denyn

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Title Plaque from Malmédy for Jef Denyn

Description Rectangular Art Deco gilt plaque with arched top showing on the obverse a woman holding a harp withthe legend “Souvenir de la ville de Malmédy” at the base. Signed “P. THEUNIS” on the obverse. On thereverse is a swan threatening a snake with the legend“LA MUSIQUE”. The bottom edge is stamped “J. FONSON”.

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Maker P. Theunis (Belgium), J. Fonson (Brussels)

Date early 20th centuryMaterial keywords gilt metal

Condition

Dimensions width: 6.8 cm; height: 5.6 cm; thickness: 4.0 mm

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Owner KBSInscriptions obverse: SOUVENIR DE LA VILLE DE MALMEDY / P. THEUNIS [Souvenir of

the city of Malmédy / P. Theunis]reverse: LA MUSIQUE [Music]bottom edge: J. FONSON


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Title Plaque of Jef Denyn’s bust (B. Tuerlinckx)

Description White plaster plaque of Jef Denyn’s bust.

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Date s. XX1Material keywords

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Dimensions width: 43 cm; height: 48.2 cm

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Object keywords postcard, Denyn


Title Jef Denyn postcard

Description A black and white postcard showing Jef Denyn on the front and labeled in Dutch, French, English, andGerman.

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Maker edited by L. S.

Date early 20th centuryMaterial keywords paperboard

Condition Paper is faded to yellow.

Dimensions width: 8.8 cm; length: 14.2 cm

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Object keywords memorabilia, obituary, Denyn

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Title Obituary of Jef Denyn

Description Obituary of Jef Denyn, here named as Jozef Willem Frans Denyn, listing his family and in-laws, musical and church positions, and information about his funerary ceremonies. Black ink (sans serif type) on white paper with black border.

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Maker


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Remarks Huybens C45



Conservation Framed

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Display keywords Jef Denyn, bell

Title Jef Denyn medal (E. Wijnants)

Description Dark bronze-colored medal, the obverse showing thebust of Jef Denyn with glasses and a hat and the reverse showing a bell in a wooden frame with stylized clouds behind it and below it the legend “JEFDENIJN”. Signed “Ernst Wijnants” on the obverse.

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Maker Ernst Wijnants (Mechelen, 1878-1964)


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Owner KBSInscriptions JEF DENIJN


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Object keywords memorabilia, prize, Van Beers

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Title Conductor’s baton for Joos Van Beers

Description Black wooden conductor’s baton with inscribed silvertips, awarded as a prize at the first carillon contest organized by Jef Denyn in Mechelen in 1910 for the best “liefhebber beiaardier”.

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Maker

Date 1910Material keywords wood, silver

Condition diameter: 1.8 cm; height: 39.0 cm

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Remarks Godenne 12

Owner KBSInscriptions Vlaamsche Bond. Zang en Tonneelkring. De Vlaamsche Telgen. Aan onzen leider M.

Joos Van Beers. Voor zijne onderscheiding Beiaardprijskamp Mechelen 1910. [Flemishassociation of singers and theater players. Given to their leader for receiving distinctionin 1910 carillon competition.]


Conservation Tarnish on silver.

History Van Beers was Jef Denyn’s first student and began studying with him in 1909.

Provenance Possessions of J. J. Van Beers


Object keywords memorabilia, pendant

Display keywords Cantelon, tower

Title Gustave Cantelon pendant

Description Pendant showing the bust of Gustave Cantelon, carillonneur of St. Quentin, on the obverse and several bells with a tower in the background on the reverse.

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Maker


Condition Some oxidation.


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: GUSTAVE CANTELON CARILLONNEUR

reverse: LE CARILLON DE ST QUENTIN / 1924


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Object keywords memorabilia, medal

Display keywords St. Rombouts Tower, Saint Rombouts

Title St. Rombouts medal

Description Bronze medal showing St. Rombouts kneeling and a shepherd with a lifted staff and the inscription “775-1925” on the obverse. The reverse shows St. Rombouts Cathedral and the legend “RUMOLDO EXULTANT PLEBS AC CLERUS”.

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Maker


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Owner KBSInscriptions obverse: 775-1925

reverse: RUMOLDO EXULTANT PLEBS AC CLERUS [The people and the clergy exult St. Rombouts]


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History Saint Rombouts was martyred in 775.

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Display keywords carillon, Peter Benoit

Title Peter Benoit-Fonds medal

Description A bronze medal with a portrait of Peter Benoit (1834-1901) labeled “Peter Benoit-Fonds” 1902-1927 on the obverse. Signed “Floris de Cuyper”. The reverse depicts three carillon bells with a carillon mechanismand a banderole with music and the inscription “Danzal de beiaard spelen,” a tune that greatly increased the popularity of the carillon in Belgium.

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Maker Floris de Cuyper (Antwerpen, 1875-1965)


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Owner KBSInscriptions Obverse: “Peter Benoit-Fonds”

Reverse: “Dan zal de beiaard spelen.”

Location (?)

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History The Peter Benoit-Fonds was a foundation organized for the posthumous publication of the majority of hisworks.

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Object keywords memorabilia, souvenir, plaque

Display keywords bells, Chicago

Title Plaque from 1933-1934 World’s Fair

Description Bronze souvenir plaque from the 1933-1934 World’sFair in Chicago (USA) depicting nine bells in a wooden frame, with a tower in the foreground and attached buildings receding into the background. A fence stands in the lowermost foreground, mounted by a small cross.

The engraved inscription incorrectly quotes the poem“Those Evening Bells” by Thomas Moore (1779-1853).

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Maker signed “L.V.I.”


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Remarks http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt7f59p9b4/

Owner KBSInscriptions top: PICTURESQUE CHICAGO BELGIUM / 1933

bottom: EVENING BELLS EVENING BELLS / HOW MANY A TALE THEIR MUSIC TELLS / OF YOUTH AND HOME AND THAT SWEET TIME / WHENLAST I HEARD THEIR SOOTHING SHIME” (sic)signed: L.V.I.


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History The 1933-1934 World’s Fair in Chicago (USA) featured a Michiels carillon in the Hall of Science tower that became the basis of the carillon at Norwich University in Vermont (USA). But the Hallof Science tower looked nothing like the tower in thisrepresentation.

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Object keywords memorabilia, souvenir, plaque

Display keywords Brussels

Title Plaque from 1935 world fair in Brussels

Description Rectangular gold-plated bronze plaque with arched top from the 1935 world fair in Brussels. On the obverse is the Grand Place in Brussels with tower andfour angels labeled Ingenium, Intellectus, Ars, and Industria and an inscription at the base. The reverse bears a woman resting on a cloud holding a garland, olive branch, and wreath above a blank cartouche andthe legend “LABORI SCIENTIAE ARTIBUS”. Bothsides are signed by the maker.

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Maker Armand Bonnetain (Brussels, 1883-1973)

Date 1935Material keywords gold-plated bronze

Condition Obverse has changed color with age, discolored smudges on reverse


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Owner KBSInscriptions obverse: Ingenium Intellectus Ars Industria / Exposition Univers / et Internationale /

Algemeene Wereld Tentoonstelling / le 1935 [Genius Understanding Skill Diligence /Universal Exposition / and International / General World Exhibit]reverse: LABORI SCIENTIAE ARTIBUS


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History The world fair Exposition universelle et internationale tookplace in Brussels in 1935.

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Object keywords memorabilia, Nees

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Title School progress reports of Staf Nees (4)

Description Four papers labeled LEMMENSGESTICHT from the Kerkmuziekschool Der Vereenigde Bisdommen in Mechelen, now the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven, giving scores in four categories to Staf Nees each trimester. For each trimester, every score is a 1 for “very good”. Signed by Jules van Nuffel, his teacher and director of the school.

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Maker Jules van Nuffel (1883 - 1953)

Date 1920-1922Material keywords paper, black print, ink

Condition Pages are curling.

Dimensions width: 20.5 cm; length: 14.0 cm

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Conservation Should be kept flat in an acid-free paper folder.

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Object keywords memorabilia, plaque, Nees

Display keywords St. Rombouts Tower, Denyn

Title 1922 Congress plaque for Staf Nees (B. Tuerlinckx)

Description A bronze plaque with arched top identical to M14 butlacking marble base and showing a different inscription on the reverse. The corners of the base arebeveled.

Stored in a deteriorating white and gold paperboard box.

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Maker Baudouin Tuerlinckx, J. Fonson


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Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: HET / BEIAARDCONGRES / AAN / S. NEES [The carillon congress to

S. Nees]reverse: 1887 1922 / HULDEBETOON JEF DENYN [...Homage Jef Denyn]


Conservation

History Presented to Staf Nees at the first international carillon congress in Mechelen in 1922.



Object keywords memorabilia, medal, Nees

Display keywords church

Title “Catholic life” medal for Staf Nees

Description Circular bronze medal depicting a triple-domed church on the obverse and an inscription on the reverse.

Photo(s)

Maker


Condition Slightly oxidized.


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions reverse: LA VIE CATHOLIQUE BELGE / HET BELGISCH KATHOLIEK

LEVEN / BRUXELLES / 1935 / BRUSSEL [The Belgian Catholic life / Brussels / 1935]


Conservation

History




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Title “L’Effort” medal for Staf Nees

Description Two medals for Staf Nees kept in identical maroon and gold cardboard boxes. One is round and depictsa nude figure moving a boulder over the legend “L’EFFORT”. An inscription also appears on the reverse.

Photo(s)

Maker


Condition


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: L’EFFORT

reverse: MALINES - MECHELEN / 17 - IV - 1937


Conservation

History



Object keywords memorabilia, pipe, Nees

Display keywords

Title Pipe of Staf Nees

Description The brown and black pipe of Staf Nees, which he often smoked while playing. One may see in photos that many of his students imitated this habit.

Photo(s)

Maker Dixie

Date mid-20th centuryMaterial keywords wood

Condition

Dimensions bowl diameter: 3.0 cm; length: 15.3 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions DIXIE / 930


Conservation

History



Object keywords memorabilia, plaque, Nees

Display keywords angel, organ

Title ‘Edgar Tinel’ plaques for Staf Nees (2)

Description Two identical silver-colored plaques with arched topsshowing angels playing an organ, violin, and singing in a medallion against a laurel branch and arch of leaves. Inscription in bottom right corner. Stored in athin maroon and gold cardboard box.

Awarded to Nees for several years of service as director of the Kunstkring Edgar Tinel, formerly an ensemble of instruments and voices based in Mechelen.

Photo(s)

Maker


Condition


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions KUNSTKRING / EDGAR TINEL / MECHELEN / 1920 - 1945 / HEER STAF

NEES [Art Circle / Edgar Tinel / Mechelen / 1920 - 1945 - Mr. Staf Nees]


Conservation

History Edgar Tinel (1854 - 1912) rose to fame with his cantata Klokke Roeland and was director of the Lemmensinstituut in Mechelen until 1909.




Display keywords van Nuffel

Title Sint-Romboutskoor medal and pendant

Description Bronze medal and smaller pendant given to Staf Neesshowing the bespectacled bust of his former teacher Jules van Nuffel on the obverse and a male figure in ecclesiastical robes singing from a book on the reverse. Both sides bear inscriptions.

Medal stored in round yellow and red paperboard box with label of medal maker Fisch of Brussels. Pendant stored in green metal box labeled “Köln”.

Photo(s)

Maker R. De Winne


Condition


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: VEN DNO JULIO CANONICO VAN NUFFEL / CONDITORI SUO AC

PER LUSTRA JAM SEX MODERATORIreverse: SCHOLA CANTORUM ECCL. METROP. MECHLINIEN / JUBILATE DEO / CANTATE ET PASSALITE / CRATULATUR(?) A° MCMXLVI

Location MKBS (Stafsarchief Mechelen)

Conservation

History Jules van Nuffel (1883-1953) was founder and director of the prestigious St. Rombouts’ Choir and director of the Lemmens Institute when it was located in Mechelen.





Title Civil Decoration for Staf Nees

Description Civil Decoration for Long Service in the Administration awarded to Staf Nees. Gold Maltese cross ensigned with the monogram of King Léopold Iand hung from a ribbon of red and black vertical stripes with two needles for attachment to clothing. Identical reverse. Stored in a dark red cardboard boxwith a gold crown pictured on the front. The back ofthe box is labeled in pencil, “Hoor... (?) Médaille Commémorative 1953 / Luxembourg 7/4/53”.

Photo(s)

Maker

Date 1953Material keywords gold, ribbon

Condition

Dimensions diameter: 3.5 cm, total length: 10.1 cm

Remarks See M29 for Jef Denyn’s identical medal.



Conservation

History The Civil Decoration for Long Service in the Administration was instituted by King Léopold II in 1867 and awarded to civil servants for at least twenty-five years of service.




Display keywords arms of Alkmaar

Title Medal for Staf Nees from Alkmaar

Description Round copper medal commemorating the 700th anniversary of the city of Alkmaar. The obverse depicts a roaring lion holding the arms of Alkmaar, perched atop a pedestal reading “1254 - 1954”. An inscription runs around the border. The reverse is blank except for a decorative border.

Stored in a faded green cardboard box with floral pattern and maker’s stamp.

Photo(s)

Maker E. Bilars (Alkmaar, the Netherlands)

Date 1954Material keywords copper

Condition Oxidized


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions ALKMAAR 700 JAAR / 1254 - 1954 [Alkmaar 700 years / 1254 - 1954]


Conservation

History




Display keywords cross, St. Rombouts

Title Cross of St. Rombouts for Staf Nees

Description Gold-colored cross bearing the bust of Saint Rombouts depicted as a bishop with missionary’s cross on the obverse and an inscription amongst daisies on the reverse. Daisies also ornament the armsof the cross on the obverse. Signed by the maker on the obverse. Hung from a red and yellow ribbon andkept in a maroon cardboard box.

Photo(s)

Maker Semen (Brussels)

Date 1954Material keywords metal, ribbon

Condition

Dimensions width: 4.5 cm; overall height: 10.4 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: SANCTVS RVMOLDVS [Saint Rombouts]

reverse: DE ECCLESIA / BENE MERITO / ARCHIEPISCOPVS / MECHLINIENSIS [From the well-deserving Church, the Archbishop of Mechelen]


Conservation

History Awarded to Staf Nees in 1954.



Object keywords memorabilia, prize, medal, Nees

Display keywords laurel

Title Bablock Prize for Staf Nees

Description Circular gold-plated medal with an inscription on theobverse and the name of Staf Nees engraved in a wreath on the reverse.

Stored in a brown leather case with blue velvet and white satin interior.

Photo(s)

Maker John Pinches (London)

Date 1958Material keywords gold plating, metal

Condition Slight oxidation on rim.


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: HARRIET COHEN INTERNATIONAL MUSIC AWARD / THE

BABLOCK PRIZEreverse: STAF NEES / (Belgium) / 1958


Conservation

History The coveted Harriet Cohen International Music Awards are presented in London each year.



Object keywords memorabilia, medal, papal distinction, Nees

Display keywords Pope Leo XIII

Title Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontiface for Staf Nees

Description Gold patonce cross made octangular by fleur-de-lis fixed between the arms, which on the obverse containcomets. The obverse is ensigned by the bust of PopeLeo XIII within an inscription. The reverse bears thepapal coat of arms with an inscription around it as well as on the arms of the cross. The medal hangs from a red, white, and yellow ribbon. Accompanied by an identical miniature. Stored in case of issue, a redbox showing the coat of arms of the maker and linedwith white satin.

Photo(s)

Maker Tanfani & Bertarelli, Oggetti Sacri (Rome)

Date before 1962Material keywords metal, ribbon, satin

Condition

Dimensions diameters: 4.3 cm, 1.5 cm; ribbon heights: 5.0 cm, 3.8cm

Remarks www.newadvent.org/cathen/04667a.htm

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: LEO XIII P. M. ANN. X [Tenth year of Leo XIII’s pontificate]

reverse in circle: PRO ECCLESIA ET PONTIFICE [For the Church and the Pontiff]reverse on arms of cross: PRID[IE]. CAL. IAN[UAR]. 1888


Conservation

History This award, the highest distinction below a Papal Order, was instituted by Pope Leo XIII in 1888 for distinguished service to the Church. See M27 for JefDenyn’s identical award.




Display keywords Pope, saint, cross

Title Fourth Papal Order for Staf Nees (2)

Description Red-enameled gold Maltese cross, ensigned on the obverse with a medallion bearing the image of Pope St. Gregory (d. 604) and a dove on a blue background, encircled by an inscription. On the reverse are Roman numerals against a starburst encircled by an inscription. A green enamel laurel wreath surmounts the cross, attaching it to a red andyellow ribbon. Stored in a maroon leather case with white satin and orange felt interior. Identical miniature stored in a red leather case.

Photo(s)

Maker V. Winnepenninckx (Mechelen) or Paul De Greef

Date before 1962Material keywords gold, metal, enamel, ribbon

Condition

Dimensions height: 6.0 cm; width: 4.0 cm; ribbon length: 5.5 cm

Remarks www.chivalricorders.org/vatican/gregory.htm

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: ST GREGORIUS MAGNUS

reverse: PRO DEO ET PRINCIPE / MDCCCXXXI [For God and Prince / 1831]


Conservation

History This is the fourth civil Papal Order, that of Saint Gregory the Great, given for conspicuous service to the Church and society. Nees was later promoted to the fifth Order.




Display keywords Pope, saint, cross

Title Fifth Papal Order for Staf Nees

Description White-enameled gold Maltese cross, ensigned on theobverse with a medallion surrounded by gold rays between the arms of the cross. The medallion bears the image of Pope Silvester I (d. 335) with a halo against dark blue, encircled by an inscription. The reverse shows the Silvester coat of arms encircled byRoman numerals. The cross hangs from a black and red striped neck band. Stored in a red cardboard caselabeled “Ordo Sancti Silvestri Papae pro equitibus commendatoribus”.

Photo(s)

Maker

Date 1962Material keywords gold, metal, enamel, ribbon

Condition

Dimensions diameter: 5.5 cm; ribbon: 86.0 cm

Remarks www.chivalricorders.org/vatican/papal.htm

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: SANC SILVESTER P[APA] M [Saint Silvester Pope M]

reverse: MDCCCXLI MCMV [1841 1115]


Conservation

History Staf Nees was promoted to the fifth Papal Order, theOrder of Saint Sylvester Pope, by Pope John XXIII.This order recognizes laymen active in the Apostolatefor mastery of the arts.




Display keywords cross, lion, laurel, monogram

Title Order of Léopold (Knight) for Staf Nees

Description Order of Léopold (Knight) awarded to Staf Nees. Small silver Maltese cross with balls at its points overa laurel and oak wreath, surmounted by a crown and attached to a blue and black ribbon. A lion rampant on black enamel encircled by an inscription on a blueenamel ring ensigns the obverse, and a monogram ensigns the reverse. Stored in a green and gold cardboard box with information about the maker inside the lid. See M26 for Jef Denyn’s Order of Léopold.

Photo(s)

Maker Maison E. Lavoine (Brussels)

Date mid-20th centuryMaterial keywords silver, ribbon

Condition

Dimensions medal width: 1.6 cm; overall height: 5.7 cm

Remarks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Leopold

Owner MKBSInscriptions L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE [Union makes strength]


Conservation

History This decoration, named in honor of King Léopold I,was established in 1832 for meritorious service to Belgium. Silver medals belong to the Knight (Ridder) class.




Display keywords Dodoens

Title Rembert Dodoens medal for Staf Nees

Description Circular bronze medal showing the bust of RembertDodoens on the obverse with an inscription. On the reverse are two laurel branches around a stylized M and an inscription in the border.

Photo(s)

Maker


Condition Reverse covered with deteriorated sponge or black mold.


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: MECHELEN 1517 / 1585 LEUVEN / REMBERT DODOENS

reverse: MARNIXRING MECHELEN / 30 SEPT 1979


Conservation

History Gift from the cultural and service association Marnixring Mechelen Dodoens, established in 1975.




Display keywords lyre

Title SABAM medal for Staf Nees

Description Bronze-colored medal for Staf Nees showing a woman playing a lyre on the obverse and the inscription “SABAM” in a laurel wreath on the reverse.

Kept in a maroon leather case with an interior of redvelvet and white satin.

Photo(s)

Maker Paul De Greef (Brussels)

Date s. XX2Material keywords bronze

Condition


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions reverse: “SABAM”


Conservation

History SABAM is the Belgian Society of Authors, Composers, and Publishers.




Display keywords cross, crown, wreath, monogram

Title Civil Decoration (first class) for Staf Nees

Description The Civil Decoration for Long Service in the Administration (first class), a gold Maltese cross ensigned by the monogram of Léopold II on both sides and hung from red and black ribbon. Stored with identical miniature in red case with white satin interior.

Photo(s)


Date after 1953Material keywords metal, ribbon

Condition Oxidation on medal and miniature.

Dimensions width: 3.5 cm; height: 4.5 cm; ribbon length: 5.1 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions case exterior: 1E CLASSE / 1E KLASSE


Conservation

History Before receiving this award, Nees had already received one of a lower rank (M49). See M29 for JefDenyn’s identical award.




Display keywords palm

Title Order of the Crown (palm) for Staf Nees

Description Order of the Crown (palm) award for Staf Nees, consisting of gilt palm branches hung from a maroonand white silk ribbon. Accompanied by identical miniature. See M61 for Nees’ later Order of the Crown (Knight).

Stored in a metal box labeled “Köln”.

Photo(s)

Maker

Date mid-20th centuryMaterial keywords metal, gold leaf, silk ribbon

Condition

Dimensions

Remarks



Conservation Should not be stored in a box that is itself prone to oxidation.

History The palm is a lower rank of the Order of the Crown for distinguished artistic, literary, or scientific service.




Display keywords cross, crown, wreath, monogram

Title Order of the Crown (Knight) for Staf Nees

Description Order of the Crown (Knight class) white enameled Maltese asterisk with rays, topped by green enameledlaurel and oak wreath and hung from plain maroon ribbon. A crown on dark enamel ensigns the obverseand the monogram of Léopold II on dark blue enamel ensigns the reverse. Stored with identical miniature in maroon leather case with white satin interior.

Photo(s)


Date s. XX2Material keywords metal, ribbon

Condition

Dimensions width: 4.5 cm; height: 6.7 cm; ribbon: 4.3 cm

Remarks http://users.skynet.be/hendrik/index.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Crown_



Conservation

History In 1908, the Order of the Crown, created by LéopoldII, was made junior to the Order of Léopold and awarded for artistic, literary, or scientific service. Neeswas promoted to Knight class from palm (see M60).



Object keywords memorabilia, baton, Nees

Display keywords

Title Conductor’s baton of Staf Nees

Description Conductor’s baton of Staf Nees in black case lined with plush red material and closed with two metal latches. The baton is of dark stained wood and is stored in two parts that may be screwed together. Its tips and center attaching point are of metal engravedwith geometrical patterns.

Photo(s)

Maker

Date mid-20th centuryMaterial keywords wood, metal

Condition Parts of the wooden attachment threads are broken.

Dimensions length of segments: 27.7 cm, 17.6 cm; total length: 38.9 cm

Remarks



Conservation

History




Display keywords lyre, de Lassus, palm

Title Medals for Staf Nees (3)

Description Blue metal box labeled “Köln” containing four medals awarded to Staf Nees:

1) Gold-colored medal with lyre and blank book on obverse, inscription on reverse. Hung from black, yellow, red, and white ribbon.2) Silver-colored medal showing two heads on obverse and inscription on reverse. Suspended fromblue and yellow ribbon by crown.3) Silver-colored pendant with bust of Roland de Lassus on obverse and three coats of arms, book, lyreon reverse. Probably issued in 1894.

Photo(s)

Maker

Date mid-20th centuryMaterial keywords metal, gold leaf, silk ribbon

Condition

Dimensions

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions 1) MADRIGAL / PRO MERITO / NEES S. / 1927 - 62 [Madrigal / For Merit...]

2) 9 AVRIL 19533) ROLAND DE LASSUS / 300ME ANNIVERSAIRE DE ROLAND DE LASSUS[... 300th Anniversary of Roland de Lassus]


Conservation Should not be stored in a box that is itself prone to oxidation.

History



Object keywords memorabilia, attire, van Hoof

Display keywords

Title Jef van Hoof’s tie

Description The handmade black silk tie that Jef van Hoof wore constantly. His articles of clothing preserved in the collection were a familiar sight to all who knew him.

Photo(s)

Maker

Date s. XX1Material keywords silk

Condition


Remarks



Conservation

History Van Hoof taught harmony and composition at the KBS from 1922-1959.




Display keywords

Title Jef van Hoof’s scarf

Description A white woolen scarf from Jef van Hoof’s everyday wardrobe.

Photo(s)

Maker

Date s. XX1Material keywords wool

Condition

Dimensions length: 116.0 cm

Remarks Huybens C73



Conservation

History




Display keywords

Title Jef van Hoof’s hat

Description Black brimmed felt hat worn frequently by Jef van Hoof. It bears marks on the exterior where he grasped it to put on or take off. Wrapped in a black ribbon above the brim. Interior lined with brown leather.

Photo(s)

Maker Vinck & Cie (Antwerp)

DateMaterial keywords felt, ribbon, leather

Condition


Remarks Huybens C73

Owner MKBSInscriptions in gold on leather: Vinck & Cie / Antwerp / Brummels / Qualité de Luxe


Conservation

History



Object keywords memorabilia, van Hoof

Display keywords face, van Hoof

Title Death mask of Jef Van Hoof

Description The death mask of Jef van Hoof (1886-1959). Made in off-white plaster; hollow with metal bar and wire attached to bar in the interior. One of his mustache hairs is preserved in the mask.

Photo(s)

Maker

Date 1959Material keywords plaster, metal

Condition


Remarks Huybens C74



Conservation

History

Provenance



Display keywords hand, van Hoof

Title Model of the left hand of Jef Van Hoof

Description Plaster model of Jef Van Hoof’s left hand made alongwith his death mask. Words were engraved into the palm.

See M69 for a model of his right hand.

Photo(s)

Maker


Condition Broken second and fifth fingers. Brown from age.

Dimensions length (wrist to end of middle finger): 26.0 cm

Remarks



Conservation

History

Provenance



Display keywords hand, van Hoof

Title Model of the right hand of Jef Van Hoof

Description Plaster model of Jef Van Hoof’s right hand made along with his death mask. Metal loop at back.

See M68 for a model of his left hand.

Photo(s)

Maker


Condition Top surface is brown with age.

Dimensions length (wrist to end of middle finger): 23.0 cm

Remarks Huybens C75



Conservation

History Jef van Hoof was appointed organist of St.-Michielskerk in Antwerp in 1916.

Provenance



Display keywords ear, van Hoof

Title Model of Jef Van Hoof’s ear

Description Plaster model of Jef Van Hoof’s ear made along withhis death mask. His name is engraved roughly on theback next to a metal loop. The incomplete engraving“P. HE” may refer to the maker of the cast.

Photo(s)

Maker


Condition Portion of lower back is broken off.


Remarks Huybens C76

Owner KBSInscriptions P. HE / JEF / VAN / HOOF


Conservation Gray with age.

History

Provenance


Object keywords memorabilia, mask, Verheyden

Display keywords Prosper Verheyden

Title Mask of Prosper Verheyden

Description Plaster mask with screw at base of Prosper Verheyden (1873-1948) smiling. Verheyden was a close friend and proponent of Jef Denyn as well as the first KBS secretary. He wrote articles supportingDenyn and assisted in organizing carillon congresses.As one of the first important campanologists, he wrote several books such as Beiaarden in Frankrijk.

Verheyden acquired many of the manuscripts in the collection of the KBS Museum.

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Maker

Date early 20th centuryMaterial keywords plaster

Condition


Remarks



Conservation

History

Provenance


Object keywords memorabilia, medal, souvenir, inauguration

Display keywords bell

Title Medal from installation of carillon in Herzele

Description Rectangular bronze medal with coat of arms in reliefon the obverse and two bells engraved on the reverse,one bell inscribed “1952 / CARILLON / HERZELE”.

Photo(s)

Maker


Condition Slight patina on obverse.

Dimensions width: 5.3 cm; length: 6.5 cm; thickness: 0.5 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions 1952 / CARILLON / HERZELE


Conservation

History Belgium’s first carillon in Pythagorean tuning was installed in Herzele in 1952 as a gift from J. Mathys on the occasion of his fiftieth year as burgomaster ofthe town.

Provenance


Object keywords memorabilia, medal, KBS


Title Fifty-year medal from Mechelen to the KBS

Description Round gilt medal bearing the coat of arms of Mechelen on the obverse with the legend “IN FIDECONSTANS” on a banner below. The reverse bearsa majuscule inscription.

The burgundy case is of leather with a push-button latch and a red velvet interior.

Photo(s)

Maker

Date 1972Material keywords gold leaf, metal, leather, velvet

Condition

Dimensions diameter: 5.0 cm; thickness: 0.2 cm; case: 9.0 cm x 9.0cm x 2.5 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: IN FIDE CONSTANS [Steadfast in Faith]

reverse: STAD MECHELEN / AAN DE / KONINKLIJKE BEIAARDSCHOOL /“JEF DENYN” / 1922-1972 [City of Mechelen / to the / Royal Carillon School / “JefDenyn” / 1922-1972]

Location MKBS (attic: Museum-Stukken drawer)

Conservation

History Presented to the KBS by the city of Mechelen for thefiftieth anniversary of the school.

Provenance



Display keywords

Title St. Rombouts Tower medal

Description Silver-colored medal showing St. Rombouts Tower encircled by an inscription on the obverse and the coat of arms of Mechelen encircled by an inscriptionon the reverse.

Photo(s)

Maker


Condition


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: ST-ROMBOUTSTOREN / STAD MECHELEN

reverse: VZW ECCOMM / STAD MECHELEN • 1982 / 50 / MECHELAAR.


Conservation

History

Provenance


Object keywords Campana, Van Eyck


Title Honorary stole for Campana president

Description Honorary stole for Marc Van Eyck, first president ofthe KBS student organization Campana, for his service from 1983 to 1985. The silken stole is yellow and red, reflecting the colors of the Mechelen flag, and ends in tassels. It shows the Campana coat of arms in felt above an embroidered inscription. The arms are a shield round in base per pale with a narrowchief reading “CAMPANA”. A golden bell and trebleclef on the sky-blue destra signify the KBS, with themonogram “F.V.C.C.!” at sinister.

Photo(s)

Maker design by Marc Van Eyck (Leuven)

Date 1985Material keywords silk, cloth, felt

Condition Slightly dirty, staining on back.



Owner Marc van Eyck CollectionInscriptions coat of arms: F[loreat] V[ivat] C[rescat] C[ampana]! [May Campana flourish, live, (and)

increase!]embroidery: PRAESES / 1983 - 84 / 1984 - 85 [President / 1983 - 84 / 1984 - 85]


Conservation

History Van Eyck wore this stole on official occasions, such as the opening ceremony of the KBS each September.

Provenance Loaned in 1997 for KBS 75th year exhibition


Object keywords prize, Fabiola


Title 1988 Queen Fabiola prize (2)

Description Navy blue felt case with mounted plaque depicting St.Rombouts Tower, the arms of Mechelen, and the legend “MECHELEN” in Gothic rotunda script. A plaque mounted below reads “Internationale Beiaardwedstrijd / Koningen Fabiola / 1998”. A cardboard stand at the rear of the plaque allows it tobe displayed upright. The medal in the director’s office is kept in a navy blue case with gold-colored latch, but the museum model lacks the case.

Photo(s)

Maker Poortman BVBA (Mechelen)

Date 1998Material keywords bronze, felt

Condition

Dimensions width: 10.5 cm; length: 12.5 cm; case: 11.5 cm x 14.0cm x 3.0 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions MECHELEN / Internationale Beiaardwedstrijd / Koningen Fabiola / 1998 [Mechelen

/ International Carillon Competition / Queen Fabiola / 1998]

Location KBS (director’s office), MKBS (museum 2, case 2b)

Conservation

History Copy of the prizes awarded at the fourth Queen Fabiola International Carillon Competition in 1998. That year, the first prize went to Tom Van Peer, carillonneur of Lokeren, Belgium.

Provenance KBS



Display keywords Jef Denyn, St. Rombouts Tower

Title Medal for “Mechelen Beiaardconcerten”

Description Round bronze medal celebrating one hundred years of carillon concerts in Mechelen. It depicts the bust of Jef Denyn on the obverse and, on the reverse, St.Rombouts Tower against the disk of the sun with thepost office of Mechelen in the foreground.

Photo(s)

Maker


Condition


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: MECHELEN / BEIAARDCONCERTEN / 1892 / 1992 [Mechelen /

carillon concerts / 1892 / 1992]


Conservation

History Jef Denyn’s Monday summer evening recitals, begun in 1892 at the impulse of city official Theodoor de Coster, were the first formal concerts with publishedprograms regularly given on carillon and helped elevate carillonneurs to the level of music professionals. Denyn’s concerts attracted attendees from the world over.

Provenance


Object keywords memorabilia, medal, Cologne

Display keywords Saint Peter, key

Title Medal from Cologne

Description Bronze medal depicting Saint Peter, patron saint of the city of Cologne, holding a key at the gates of heaven encircled by the legend “SANCTA COLONIA DEI GRACIA ROMANE ECCLESIE [sic] FIDELIS FILIA” in uncial script. A hook is glued onto the plain reverse.

The case is made of plastic in imitation of leather andinscribed “Die Vitrine / Köln - Komodienstr. 13” inGothic lettering.

Photo(s)

Maker Die Vitrine (Cologne, Germany)


Condition

Dimensions diameter: 10.2 cm; thickness: 0.4 cm; case: 17.7 cm x117.7 cm x 2.6 cm

Remarks http://www.stadt-koeln.de/fifawm2006/english/ geschichte/mittelalter/index.html

Owner MKBSInscriptions SANCTA COLONIA DEI GRACIA ROMANE ECCLESIE [sic] FIDELIS FILIA

[Holy Cologne, by the mercy of God, (is) a faithful daughter of the Roman Church]

Location KBS (attic “Museum-Stukken”)

Conservation

History The oldest city seals of Cologne showed its patron Saint Peter. This inscription appeared on the seal in the 13th century. Cologne was named Sancta Coloniain the Middle Ages.

Provenance Cologne, Germany


Object keywords memorabilia, medal, Mafra

Display keywords Mafra coat of arms, Palácio Nacional de Mafra

Title Medal from Mafra, Portugal

Description Medal depicting the municipal coat of arms of Mafra,including “VILA DE MAFRA” on a banner, on the obverse with the legend “CAMARA MUNICIPAL DE MAFRA” above it. On the obverse is the PalácioNacional de Mafra, which houses one of Portugal’s three carillons.

The case is of green leather ornamented by a gold-colored band and latch and enclosing a felt interior.

Photo(s)

Maker

Date c. 1987Material keywords bronze, leather, felt

Condition

Dimensions diameter: 8.0 cm; thickness: 0.4 cm; case: 11.5 cm x 11.5 cm x 2.5 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions CAMARA MUNICIPAL DE MAFRA / VILA DE MAFRA

Location KBS (attic “Museum-Stukken”)

Conservation

History Jo Haazen was involved in the restoration of the carillon, and Jos and Geert D’hollander, former and current KBS teachers, performed the rededication concert in April 1987.

Provenance


Object keywords memorabilia, Haazen, Russia

Display keywords bust, Pushkin

Title Pushkin Medal for Jo Haazen

Description Bronze medal with bust of Russian poet Aleksandr S.Pushkin (1799-1837) wearing a top hat and holding aglove. “1799” and “1999” appear in the border, and Russian inscriptions on the obverse. Stored in navy blue case with beige plastic lid and purple velvet interior.

Established in 1999 (declared Year of Pushkin by UNESCO) by the Russian Federation, the Pushkin Medal recognizes achievements in culture, education,literature, and the arts.

Photo(s)

Maker


Condition

Dimensions diameter: 6.0 cm; thickness: 0.4 cm; case:

Remarks

Owner Jo Haazen CollectionInscriptions САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ / А.С. ПУШКИН / “И НЕПОДКУПНЫЙ ГОЛОС

МОЙ / БЫЛ ЭХО РУССКОГО НАРОДА„ [St. Petersburg / A.S. Pushkin / “And my voice was like an echo of the Russian people”]


Conservation

History Awarded to Jo Haazen for his role in the development and strengthening of cultural ties between Russia and Belgium.

Provenance


Object keywords memorabilia, medal, Haazen

Display keywords St. Petersburg, Cathedral of Peter and Paul

Title Medals from St. Petersburg (2)

Description Medal depicting Peter the Great and a bird’s-eye viewof the fortress of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul on the obverse with a banner flying above reading “S. PETERSBURG”. The carillon tower is exaggerated in height. On the reverse is an inscriptionframed above by an anchor crossed with laurels and below with a fortress wall. Russian Cyrillic inscriptionon reverse. Stored in a white cardboard case.

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Maker

Date c.1991Material keywords bronze, cardboard

Condition


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: S. PETERSBURG

reverse: [The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul / from 1703]


Conservation

History Gift for Jo Haazen from the Director of the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg on the occasion of the donation of the first practice carillonkeyboard to the city.

Provenance


Object keywords medal, Haazen, Berkeley

Display keywords

Title Medals for Jo Haazen (3)

Description Three medals awarded to Jo Haazen hung from a gold-colored pin:

1) “Honors of Music” medal on red, white, blue ribbon. Scene on obverse identical to M42.2) Medal with bell inscribed “25” on obverse for Haazen’s 25th year of membership in the Belgian Guild of Carillonneurs. Hung from a yellow and red ribbon, the colors of Flanders.3) “Mérite Européen” medal with leafy border on obverse and inscriptions on both sides. Hung from ablue ribbon. See M85.

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Maker

Date end 20th centuryMaterial keywords bronze, ribbon

Condition

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Owner MKBSInscriptions 1) reverse: Jo Haazen / “Honors of Music” / University / of / California / Berkeley-

USA ; 2) obverse: BELGISCHE BEIAARDIERSGILDE; reverse: GUILDE DES CARILLONNEURS DE BELG. GILDE DER GLOCKENSPIELER ; 3) obverse: PRO PACE / ET / UNITATE / SENATOR E MERITU / HONORS CAUSA; reverse: Jo Haazen / A.E.F.-B.V.S.E.


Conservation

History 1) Presented in 1980 to recitalists of the InternationalFestival of the Bells at the University of California, Berkeley (USA).3) Awarded in 2000 by the European Honorary Senate (BVSE-UEF).

Provenance Possessions of Jo Haazen



Display keywords monogram, Peter the Great

Title Set of medals for Jo Haazen (5)

Description 5 medals awarded to Haazen on a gold-colored pin:1) Identical to M90.2) The Civil Decoration for Long Service in the Administration (first class, gold). Also given to Denynand Nees (see M28, M29, M49, M59).3) Identical to M82, with blue and white ribbon.4) Gold-colored medal showing a Russian soldier. Russian Cyrillic inscription on obverse and inscription over laurel branch on reverse.5) Silver-colored medal showing badge, anchor, and globe encircled by laurel wreath. Inscriptions on bothsides. Hung from a green and white ribbon.

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Maker

Date s. XX/XXIMaterial keywords metal, ribbon

Condition

Dimensions overall length: 16.4 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions 4) obverse: [World War II / VICTORY]; reverse: 1945 / 2005

5) obverse: LA VERDA STELO / ANTVERPENO / KLOPODU PERSISTU KAJVIVEN KOS / ESPERANTO / 1907 [The Green Star / Antwerp /Endeavor to persist and live...] 5) reverse: S-ro / Jo HAAZEN / Pro Merito


Conservation

History 2) Awarded by the Belgian office of Domestic Affairsin 1995.4) Given by the Lions Club Great Bear of St. Petersburg on 22 June 2005 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Russia’s WWII victory.5) Given at the jubilee of the royal Esperanto group La Verda Stelo of which Haazen is former president.

Provenance Possessions of Jo Haazen



Display keywords St. Petersburg, nymph, garden

Title Medal of the summer garden in St. Petersburg

Description Silver-colored medal representing a nymph in the summer garden of St. Petersburg on the obverse overa Russian Cyrillic inscription. On the reverse stands acoat of arms encircled by a transcription.

Stored in a case of white cardboard.

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Maker

Date end 20th centuryMaterial keywords plastic or lightweight metal

Condition


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: НИМФА АЕТНЕГО САДА [A nymph in the summer garden]

reverse: СКҮАЬЛТҮРА АЕТНЕГО САДА / АЕНИНГРАД [Sculpture in the summer garden / Leningrad]


Conservation


Provenance



Display keywords Art Nouveau

Title European Honorary Senate medals (2)

Description 1) Silver-colored Art Nouveau medal showing two robed figures listening to a bird perched on one’s hand in a border of stars. A majuscule inscription appears on the reverse. Attached to a blue neck ribbon.

2) Bronze Art Nouveau medal depicting a woman onthe obverse seated atop low friezes holding a laurel crown before a statue on a pillar. A sans serif inscription appears on the reverse.

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Maker

Date 2000Material keywords bronze, ribbon

Condition

Dimensions 1) diameter: 6.9 cm; thickness: 0.4 cm; ribbon length:38.5 cm2) diameter: 5.0 cm; thickness: 0.3 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions 1) PRO PACE ET UNITATE / SENATOR E MERITU / HONORIS CAUSA / A.

E.F. - B.V.S.E.2) pro pace et / unitate / e meritu / A.E.F.


Conservation Bronze medal stored in waxed paper bag.

History Gift to Jo Haazen in 2000 for his honorary appointment to the European Honorary Senate (BVSE-UEF) together with the former Minister-President Luc Van den Brande and European parliament member Karel Van Miert.

Provenance


Object keywords memorabilia, plaque, Haazen

Display keywords monastery, Kiev

Title St. Michael’s Monastery plaque

Description Copper plaque depicting St. Michael’s Monastery of the Golden Cupolas (Mykhailivsky Zolotoverkhyi) in Kiev with its bell tower in the foreground and the legend “1113-1935” above it. The scene is framed bya medallion surrounded by four cherubs with Ukrainian inscriptions in the border. The plaque restsin a wooden frame.

The box is of imitation red leather with red felt interior and a business card inside the lid.

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Maker

Date 2000Material keywords copper, wood

Condition


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions border: [Mykhailivsky Zolotoverkhyi]

medallion: 1113 - 1935 / 1997 - 2000


Conservation

History Gift to Jo Haazen at the inauguration of the attempted carillon construction at the St. Michael’s Monastery in Kiev.

Provenance Kiev, Ukraine


Object keywords memorabilia, medal, Haazen, Russia

Display keywords Russian double eagle

Title Medal with Russian double eagle

Description Gold-colored medal bearing the Russian double eagleand surrounded by a Russian Cyrillic inscription on the obverse. An inscription also decorates the reverse.

Stored in a folding case of black plastic with a blue felt interior.

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Maker

DateMaterial keywords metal, plastic, felt

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Owner Jo Haazen CollectionInscriptions ВООРУЖЕННЫЕ СИЛЫ / РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ [The Armed

Forces of the Russian Federation]


Conservation

History A gift from Russian Minister of Defense Sergej Ivanov during his visit to the Beiaardschool c. 2001.

Provenance



Display keywords

Title Medal from Russian Minister of Defense

Description Gold-colored medal bearing the Russian double eagleand encircled by a Russian Cyrillic inscription on theobverse. An inscription also decorates the reverse.

The case is of red felt.

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Maker

Date c. 2001Material keywords metal

Condition


Remarks

Owner Jo Haazen CollectionInscriptions obverse: МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБОРОНЫ / РОССИИСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

[From the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation]reverse: СВЯТОЕ ДЕЛО РОДИНЕ СЛУЖИТЬ [Holy Affair - To serve the homeland]


Conservation

History Gift from Russian Minister of Defense Sergej Ivanovduring his visit to the Beiaardschool c. 2001.

Provenance


Object keywords memorabilia, plaque, Haazen

Display keywords

Title Plaque from Russian Minister of Defense

Description Wooden plaque with gold-colored metal plate bearingthe double eagle of Russia in laurels and a Russian Cyrillic inscription below.

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Maker

Date c.2001Material keywords metal, wood

Condition


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions От министра обороны российской Федерации [From the Minister of

Defense of the Russian Federation]


Conservation

History Gift from Russian Minister of Defense Sergej Ivanovduring his visit to the Beiaardschool c. 2001.

Provenance



Display keywords

Title St. Petersburg 300 years medal

Description Medal showing the laurel-crowned bust of Peter theGreat on the obverse and the coat of arms of St. Petersburg on the reverse, consisting of two anchorscrossing a double-eagle-tipped scepter. Inscriptions appear on both sides.

Accompanied by a certificate stamped with the Russian double eagle seal and the number 330824. Signed by V.I. Matvienko, the governor of St. Petersburg.

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Maker

Date 2003Material keywords bronze, ribbon, cardboard

Condition

Dimensions diameter: 3.1 cm; thickness: 0.3 cm; card: 7.8 cm x 10.7 cm

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: [A commemoration of 300 years of Saint Petersburg]

reverse: 1703 2003booklet: [Russian Federation / Certificate / For a medal / “A commemoration of 300 years of Saint Petersburg”]


Conservation

History Gift to Jo Haazen by decree of the President of the Russian Federation on 19 February 2003.

Provenance


Object keywords memorabilia, inauguration, Haazen

Display keywords coat of arms of Alverca

Title Coat of arms of Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal

Description Enameled metal coat of arms of the commune of Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal, where a carillon was inaugurated in 2005. The coat of arms is argent, a wavy bend of the same fimbriated azure between twocrescents gules pointing upwards. Above it is a muralcrown argent with five visible towers, and below is awhite scroll with inscription in black upper case letters. Stored in blue faux snake skin case with blue velvet interior.

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Maker

Date 2005Material keywords metal, enamel

Condition


Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions CIDADE DE ALVERCA DO RIBATEJO [City of Alverca do Ribatejo]


Conservation

History Given to Jo Haazen by the priest of the Igreja dos Pastorinhos de Fátima during his visit to watch the casting of the bourdon bell at Royal Eijsbouts in Asten, the Netherlands.

Provenance Igreja dos Pastorinhos de Fátima, Portugal


Object keywords memorabilia, medal, inauguration, Elias

Display keywords Igreja dos Pastorinhos

Title Medal from the carillon festival in Alverca

Description Circular bronze medal from the First International Carillon Festival of Alverca, Portugal at the Igreja dosPastorinhos de Fátima. The obverse depicts the church complex and the reverse bears three symbols:the cross of Saint Peter, two of the three shepherds who saw the Virgin Mary in Fátima and to whom thechurch is dedicated, and a bell representing the carillon.

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Maker


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Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: Inauguração da Igreja dos Pastorinhos / 01 de Maio de 2005 [Inauguration of

the Church of the Shepherds / 01 of May 2005]reverse: Igreja dos Pastorinhos - Alverca / 2° maior carrilhão da europa [Church of theShepherds - Alverca / 2nd largest carillon of Europe]


Conservation

History Given to Jo Haazen for performing at the First International Carillon Festival of Alverca in 2005.

Provenance Igreja dos Pastorinhos de Fátima, Portugal



Display keywords swinging bell, coat of arms

Title Medal from the Moscow Bell Center

Description Circular silver-colored medal showing three hands ringing a bell in the foreground on the obverse with ariverside city in the background. The reverse shows an elaborate coat of arms. Both sides at encircled by inscriptions.

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Maker

Date 2005Material keywords silver plating

Condition Slight tarnish at rim.

Dimensions

Remarks

Owner MKBSInscriptions obverse: ANNO 1643 TANDEM PATIENTIA VICTRIX [In the year 1643, at last by

endurance, conqueror]reverse: AUGUSTUS HERTZOG ZUBRAUN U LU / 1984


Conservation

History Gift for Jo Haazen from Viktor Charikov, president of the Moscow Bell Center.

Provenance



Display keywords Peter the Great

Title 2005 Jubilee Project medal (2)

Description Circular bronze medal with bust of Peter the Great and Russian Cyrillic inscriptions on obverse and reverse. The obverse inscription reads in translation “300 years of the court of Peter” and the reverse “300Years of Peter’s Court / Carillon / For participants of the jubilee project 2005”.

Stored in clear plastic enclosure and white cardboardbox with information card in Russian.

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Maker

Date 2005Material keywords bronze, plastic, cardboard

Condition

Dimensions diameter: 6.0 cm; thickness: 0.7 cm; box: 8.0 cm x 8.0cm x 2.3 cm

Remarks

Owner Jo Haazen CollectionInscriptions obverse: 300 ЛЕТ ПЕТЕРГОФҮ [300 years of Peter’s Court]

reverse: 300 ЛЕТ ПЕТЕРГОФҮ / КАРИЛЬОН / УЧАСТНИКУ ЮБИЛЕЙНОГО ПРОЕКТА / 2005 [300 years of Peter’s Court / Carillon / For participants of the Jubilee Project 2005]


Conservation


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Object keywords memorabilia, medal, Russia, Haazen

Display keywords Peter the Great

Title 2005 Jubilee Project medal with bust

Description Circular silver medal with bust of Peter the Great andRussian Cyrillic inscriptions on obverse and reverse.The obverse inscription reads in translation “300 years of the court of Peter” and the reverse “300 Years of Peter’s Court / Carillon / For participants of the jubilee project 2005”.

Stored in clear plastic enclosure and white cardboardbox with information card in Russian.

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Maker

Date 2005Material keywords silver, plastic, cardboard

Condition

Dimensions diameter: 6.0 cm; thickness: 0.7 cm; box: 8.0 cm x 8.0cm x 2.3 cm

Remarks identical to M95 in design

Owner Jo Haazen CollectionInscriptions obverse: 300 ЛЕТ ПЕТЕРГОФҮ [300 years of Peter’s Court]

reverse: 300 ЛЕТ ПЕТЕРГОФҮ / КАРИЛЬОН / УЧАСТНИКУ ЮБИЛЕЙНОГО ПРОЕКТА / 2005 [300 years of Peter’s Court / Carillon / For participants of the Jubilee Project 2005]


Conservation


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Object keywords memorabilia, medal, Haazen, Putin

Display keywords globe, laurel

Title Order of Friendship from Vladimir Putin

Description Gold-colored Order of Friendship showing globe encircled by laurel wreath against the background of afive-pointed starburst. Hung from a green and blue ribbon backed with metal. A Russian Cyrillic inscription appears on the reverse. Accompanied by acertificate in a red felt display case with clear plastic cover.This order from the Russian Federation recognizes the strengthening of friendship between the Federation and other countries in science, culture, economics, and peace.

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Maker

Date 2005Material keywords metal, ribbon, paper

Condition

Dimensions diameter: 4.0 cm; ribbon height: 5.0 cm; case: 13.0 cmx 17.0 cm; booklet: 7.5 cm x 10.5 cm

Remarks www.kremlin.ru/eng/text/news/2005/10/94660.shtml

Owner MKBSInscriptions reverse: [Peace and Friendship / No. 9533]


Conservation

History Distinction for Jo Haazen from Russian president Vladimir Putin on the occasion of the inauguration ofEuropalia 2005 on 29 September 2005 in Brussels.

Provenance



Display keywords Andrei Rubliev Museum, angel

Title Andrei Rubliev Museum medal

Description Circular copper medal with the Andrei Rubliev Museum of Russian Antique Art bordered by RussianCyrillic inscription on the obverse and with three seated angels on the reverse.

In circular felt case with blind-stamped leather lid.

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Maker

Date 2005Material keywords copper

Condition


Remarks

Owner Jo Haazen CollectionInscriptions МУЗЕЙ ДРЕВНЕРУССКОГО ИСКУССТВА / ИМЕНИ АНДРЕЯ

РУБЛЕВА [The Andrei Rubliev Museum of Russian Antique Art]


Conservation

History Gift to Jo Haazen by the state museum of Jaroslavl in2005 on the occasion of the bell chime contest and festival.

Provenance

Inventory number M98.2006

Object keywords medal, Haazen

Display keywords

Title “Mérite Européen” medal for Jo Haazen

Description Silver medal showing a female nude riding sidesaddleon a bull across the European continent in a border of stars on the obverse. The reverse bears a French inscription. Topped by a circular suspension loop. Accompanied by a certificate numbered 0460.

Stored in a brown plastic box with white satin and green velvet interior labeled “FIBRU-FISCH / BRUSSELS” with the coat of arms of the maker on the satin.

Photo(s)

Maker André Barbier


Condition


Remarks http://www.meriteeuropeen.lu/

Owner MKBSInscriptions reverse: VOLONTE CONNAISSANCE ACTION / MERITE EUROPEEN /

DECERNE A / JO HAAZEN / 12.5.2006 [Will, Knowledge, Action / European Merit / Decreed to / Jo Haazen / 12.5.2006]


Conservation

History Distinction for Jo Haazen from the Fondation du Mérite Européen (Luxembourg) awarded on 12 May2006 for work to unify the European people in liberty, peace, and fraternity.

Provenance

Inventory number N01

Object keywords book, Kircher, campanology

Display keywords automatic play, diagram, bell profile

Title Musurgia Universalis (A. Kircher, 1650)

Description Athanasius Kircher’s classic book on organology, “Musurgia universalis, sive Ars magna consoni et dissoni in X libros digesta ...” (1650). Includes the sections “De mistura æris Campani” with a diagram of a bell, “De forma Campanarum” with a table, and“De lingua sive malleo Campanæ” with a stacked diagram of a bell profile on pp. 520-521.Likely rebound in brown quarter-binding of leather and paper; the band used in binding the quires together is gone from the back cover.

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Maker Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680)

Date 1650Material keywords paper, leather cover

Condition Foxing; upper spine binding torn; 1st quire detached from spine and other pages separating from spine.

Dimensions 2 v., 500 pp.; length: 22.7 cm; width: 8.5 cm; height: 33.7 cm

Remarks Huybens C195Formerly displayed open to pp. 520 - 521, v. 1. Now

Owner KBS ArchiveInscriptions


Conservation Case needs to be covered with cloth when not viewed.

History Kircher took a great interest in bells. In 1653, François Hemony provided him with information about his carillons in the hope that Kircher would purchase one.

Provenance Purchase of Prosper Verheyden for the KBS


Object keywords book, tribute, Denyn, art, sheet music, poetry

Display keywords painting, sheet music

Title Compilation book for Jef Denyn’s silver jubilee

Description Book in brown blind-stamped leather binding decorated with a picture of St. Rombouts Tower anddedication in uncial majuscule and Gothic rotunda miniscule. Arms of Mechelen centered on the back cover with an inscription in Gothic rotunda. The book is closed by two leather straps with zoomorphicbrass clasps. The contents, mostly recto, include handwritten texts and poems, handwritten music by friends and composers written or pasted on the page,and watercolor paintings, mostly signed, dated.

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Maker Binding and book by Karel Desamblanx

Date 1912Material keywords leather, paper, brass

Condition Upper clasp has separated, cover is faded from red to brown.


Remarks Huybens C16

Owner MKBSInscriptions front cover: 1887-1912 VRIENDEN en BEWONDERAARS / aan JEF DENYN /

den GROOTEN BEIAARDIER voor / zijn JUBELFEESTback cover: Onderhavige band Kunstarbeid van Karel Desamblanx / werd Jef Denyn aangeboden / door mevr. G. de Somsée hh. Hcct. De Backer / Aug Michot E. van Wassermann


Conservation Displayed closed with reproductions of 6 pages.

History Contributors include Arthur Meulemans, Flor Alpaerts, Emiel Wambach, Maurits Sabbe, Emmanuelde Bom, Claude Piron, Herman Baccaert, Prosper deTroyer, Albert Geudens.

More complete list: Belgian and Dutch carillonneurs;musicians such as Edgar Tinel, Flor Alpaerts, Gustaafvan Hoey, Arthur Meulemans, Karel Candael, Aloys

Provenance Estate of Jef Denyn


Object keywords memorabilia, Nees, Lefévere, KBS

Display keywords

Title KBS diplomas of S. Nees, K. Lefévere (10 pp.)

Description The KBS final diplomas awarded to Staf Nees and Kamiel Lefévere in 1924, printed in black ink with red rubrication and the signatures of several officials.Each diploma includes the candidate’s recital program.

Hardbound with Art Deco cover illustration by LeonReypens (see I06 for identical cover art).

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Maker KBS

Date 1924Material keywords paper, cardboard

Condition

Dimensions 10 pp.; width: 19.5 cm; height: 24.5 cm

Remarks



Conservation

History Staf Nees graduated with great distinction and was atthe time serving as assistant city carillonneur of Mechelen.

Provenance


Object keywords newspaper, Russia

Display keywords carillon bells

Title Newspaper clipping from “Pravda” (facsimile)

Description Black and white photocopy of an article entitled “Малиновый звон“ published on 16 January 1984in the Russian newspaper Pravda. A photo of carillonbells is centered on the page.

The bottom three lines of the article are omitted fromthe photograph.

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Maker Pravda (Правда), Russia


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Object keywords newspaper

Display keywords Haazen

Title Clipping from French newspaper (photocopy)

Description Black and white photocopy of an article from an unidentified French-language newspaper with the following introduction pasted onto the upper left corner: “Malines n’est pas seulement le siège de l’archevêché de Belgique mais aussi le berceau mondial de la campanologie.”

Includes a photograph of Jo Haazen when he was 27years old and a photograph of Het Schip and the Hofvan Busleyden.

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Maker

Date c.1970 (copy)Material keywords paper

Condition


Remarks Photograph shows a detail of the article.



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History

Provenance


Object keywords newspaper, Japan

Display keywords

Title Japanese newspaper clipping

Description Clipping from a Japanese newspaper published in 1984.

No longer in museum.

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Display keywords Hof van Busleyden

Title “L’Osservatore Romano” newspaper clipping (fac.)

Description Black and white photocopy of an article entitled “Suonare a mani chiuse” published on 6 January 1980in the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano. It shows three photos, one of the Hof van Busleyden and two of carillonneurs at a carillon keyboard.

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Maker L’Osservatore Romano (Rome)


Condition


Remarks Photograph shows a detail of the article.



Conservation

History

Provenance



Display keywords St. Rombouts Tower, Hof van Busleyden

Title “Mannheimer Morgen” clipping (fac.)

Description Black and white photocopy of an article entitled “Musik, die aus dem Himmel kommt: Die KöniglicheGlockenspiel-Schule in Mechelen feiert ihren 60. Geburtstag [Music from the sky: The Royal Carillon School in Mechelen celebrates its 60th birthday]”, published on 29 April 1982 in the German newspaper Mannheimer Morgen. It features two photos, one of St.Rombouts Tower and one of Het Schip with the Hofvan Busleyden in the background.

Photo(s)

Maker Mannheimer Morgen (Mannheimer, Germany)


Condition


Remarks Photograph shows a detail from the article.



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History

Provenance


Object keywords periodical

Display keywords

Title “Het Rijk der Vrouw” (periodical)

Description Two copies of the article “Vrouwen in de klokketoren [Women in the belfries”] from the earlyperiodical “Het Rijk der Vrouw”.


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Display keywords

Title Japanese newspaper clipping (facsimile)

Description Black and white photocopy of an article from a Japanese newspaper published in 1984.


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Display keywords

Title “Japanners dol op Vlaamsche beiaard” (fac.)

Description Black and white facsimile of the newspaper article “Japanners dol op Vlaamsche beiaard” published in 1984.


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Display keywords

Title “Dan zal de beiaard spelen in Osaka” (fac.)

Description Black and white facsimile of the article “Dan zal de beiaard spelen in Osaka” (”Then shall the carillon play in Osaka”), published in 1984.

The title is a reference to “Fantasie over ‘Dan zal de beiaard spelen’” by Belgian composer Peter Benoit (1834-1901).


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Object keywords newspaper, Yale, Haazen

Display keywords Haazen, Yale

Title Yale Bulletin newspaper clipping (facsimile)

Description Facsimile of an article from the Yale Weekly Bulletin &Calendar, Vol. 22, No. 24. A photo of Jo Haazen is followed by the heading “Carillon classes” and a paragraph about his visit to Yale from 20-28 March 1994 to give concerts, master classes, and lessons during the thirtieth anniversary of the Yale UniversityGuild of Carillonneurs. The article is displayed with acolor photo of the Yale Guild and Haazen holding the cover of New York USA, which features a photoof him, and with a photo of the Yale Guild at the KBS.

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Maker Yale Bulletin & Calendar (New Haven, USA)


Condition Displayed with two photos of the Yale Guild.


Remarks Huybens C148, C149, C150, C152



Conservation

History

Provenance Gift of Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs

Inventory number O01

Object keywords manuscript, bellfounder, Hemony, de Loose

Display keywords

Title Letters between P. Hemony, A. de Loose (2ff)

Description Two folios of letters in French between bellfounder Pieter Hemony and Antoine de Loose (1620-1682), Hemony’s friend and abbot of the abbey in Eename,giving details about the seventeenth-century art of bell founding as well as Hemony’s life and work. Several calculations are written in the left margins. The letters on the first folio are dated 1660, 1660, 1661, and 1664. The contract terms on the second folio are dated 1664.

Facsimiles of f. 1r & 3r on display in museum.

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Maker Pieter Hemony (1619-1680), Antoine de Loose

Date 1660, 1661, 1664Material keywords paper, ink

Condition

Dimensions 2 ff.; f.1: 18.7 cm x 14.9 cm; f.2: 39.8 cm x 30.0 cm

Remarks Huybens C178. Lehr, Klokkengieter (1994).www.carillon-museum.nl/museum/ipublik.htm


Location copy: MKBS (museum 2, case 4b), original: Stadsarchief Mechelen

Conservation

History Hemony cast 28 bells for de Loose in 1660. The Abbey of Eename was destroyed in the French Revolution.



Object keywords manuscript, bellfounder, Melliaert

Display keywords

Title Manuscript by Paschier Melliaert (1 folio)

Description A manuscript of one folio folded in half written by bellfounder Paschier Melliaert in 1689. The text, in careless humanistic script, covers all leaves (1r to 2v).The letter is in Dutch and difficult to read. Melliaert’sstamp appears in black ink below the last line of the letter on f. 2v.

Melliaert was active as a founder in Antwerp from 1677-1704 and may have been a student of Melchiorde Haze.

Photo(s)

Maker Paschier Melliaert (Antwerp, 17th-18th cent.)


Condition

Dimensions 1 folio; width: 37.8 cm; height: 31.3 cm

Remarks Facsimile on display in museum.

Owner MKBSInscriptions The first line on f. 1r begins “Op den nabeschreven Conditien ende...”

Location copy: MKBS (museum 2, case 4b), original: Stadsarchief Mechelen)

Conservation

History Prosper Verheyden purchased this manuscript at an auction of possessions of the Antwerp campanologistF. Donnet.

Provenance Purchase of Prosper Verheyden for KBS


Object keywords manuscript, bellfounder, Van den Gheyn

Display keywords plans

Title St.Geertrui carillon plans (A.J. van den Gheyn)

Description A 3 ff. manuscript in Dutch dating from 1771 by bellfounder Andreas Van den Gheyn regarding the Abbatial and Parochial Church of St. Geertrui in Leuven. The first folio discusses the second bell cast from the bronze of an old, heavier broken bell and subtracts the weight difference from the price. A two-year guarantee is written in the lower left corner. Theother two folios concern his first and second plans for that carillon. “Bayeart” is written on the back of f.3, visible when the pages were folded.

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Maker Andreas Jozef Van den Gheyn (1737-1793)(copy)


Condition

Dimensions 3 ff.; width: 18.8 cm; height: 22.6 cm (approximate dimensions - trimmed irregularly)

Remarks Huybens 179. Facsimiles displayed in museum

Owner MKBSInscriptions f. 2 begins “Eerste plan door A. J. Vanden Gheyn over het maeken van eenen nieuwen

byaird, voor de Abbatiale en Parochiale Kercke van de St. Gertrudis binnen dese Stad Loven in voegen en manieren als volgt”.

Location copy: MKBS (museum 2, case 4b), original: Stadsarchief Mechelen

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Object keywords memorabilia, Rockefeller, Denyn

Display keywords letter

Title Letter to Jef Denyn (J.D. Rockefeller, Jr., 1928)

Description Typewritten New Year’s Eve letter from John D. Rockefeller, Jr. to Jef Denyn on 31 December 1928.

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Maker John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (USA, 1874-1960)

Date 31 December 1928Material keywords paper, ink

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History Rockefeller took a great interest in carillons and sponsored the construction of the carillons of The Riverside Church in New York City and of the University of Chicago in Illinois.



Object keywords Rockefeller, Denyn


Title Letter to Jef Denyn (J.D. Rockefeller, Jr., 1931)

Description Typewritten letter from John D. Rockefeller, Jr. to JefDenyn, dated 1 October 1931. With Rockefeller’s signature centered near the bottom.

Written in response to Denyn’s letter on 16 September 1931, which was accompanied by “photographs and documents”. The letter also congratulates Denyn on his fiftieth year asnot only city carillonneur of Mecheen, but as “leadingcarillonneur of the world”.

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Maker John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (USA, 1874-1960)

Date 1 October 1931Material keywords paper, ink

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Remarks Huybens C48



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History In 1932, Rockefeller gave the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon to the University of Chicago in memory of his mother. It is the second largest carillon in the world.



Object keywords Van Roey, Denyn


Title Letter from Card. Van Roey to J. Denyn (1931)

Description Two-page handwritten letter in black ink from Cardinal Josephus Ernestus Van Roey to Jef Denyn,dated 15 August 1931, on stationery marked “AARTBISDOM MECHELEN”. The paper bears the watermarks “LABOR PRO PATRIA” and a lion.

The letter begins, “Geachte Heer, Ik houd er aan mijoprechte geluk...”

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Maker Josephus Ernestus Van Roey (1874-1961)

Date 15 August 1931Material keywords paper, black ink

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History Cardinal Van Roey helped establish the Commission pour la sauvegarde des cloches en Belgique in Brussels in 1943 to protect bells during the German requisition of World War II.



Object keywords Fabiola

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Title Letter from Queen Fabiola to KBS president

Description Typewritten letter from the secretary of Queen Fabiola, addressed to the president of the KBS and dated 13 July 1984. The letter bestows the Queen’s high protection on the school.

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Maker Secretary to Queen Fabiola

Date 13 July 1984Material keywords paper, ink

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Object keywords certificate, KBS

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Title Recognition of the KBS as “Koninklijke” (Royal)

Description Black and white paper certificate recognizing the KBSas a Royal (Koninklijke) Institution.

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Maker Royal Palace, Brussels

Date 4 March 1959Material keywords paper

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Remarks Huybens C86



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Object keywords certificate, UNESCO

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Title UNESCO designation of Belgian belfries

Description Certificate in French from “Le Comité du patrimoinemondial” of UNESCO declaring the belfries of Flanders and Wallonia as items on the list of World Heritage Properties (“la Liste du patrimoine mondial”). Issued 4 December 1999.

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Maker UNESCO

Date 4 December 1999Material keywords paper, brown and yellow print

Condition Slightly yellowed and faded.

Dimensions frame length: 55.0 cm; frame width: 43.5 cm

Remarks http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/943


Location MKBS (museum 2, on keyboard 1)

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Provenance Gift of UNESCO


Object keywords certificate, KBS

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Title Cultural Ambassador of Flanders charter

Description Charter declaring the KBS as a Cultural Ambassadorof Flanders in 1995. Written in Gothic rotunda scriptand rubrication with the lion rampant of Flanders by the title. Signed by the Minister-President of the Flemish Government, Luc van den Brande, and the Flemish Minister of Culture and Brussels Affairs, Hugo Weckx.

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History Presented to the KBS in Brussels on 1 June 1995.

Provenance Gift of the Flemish Government

Inventory number P01

Object keywords van Hoof

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Title Photo of Jef van Hoof

Description Black and white photo of Jef van Hoof standing on asidewalk wearing his characteristic black hat and tie.

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Date s. XX1Material keywords photo paper

Condition Bent. Should be kept flat in rigid photo holder.


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Object keywords autograph, newspaper

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Title Autographed photograph of Jef Denyn

Description Printed photograph from a periodical (with very faintcolor) in a glass frame showing Jef Denyn at the keyboard in 1913. Denyn’s handwritten inscription and autograph in black ink read: “aan den heer Eugene DeSeyn / hartsgenege / Jef Denyn / 1913”.To the back side of the frame are pasted three newspaper clippings concerning Jef Denyn’s death in1941 and one clipping concerning the sixth anniversary of his death in 1947. A double string is attached to the back for hanging.

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Date 1913Material keywords paper, glass

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Owner MKBSInscriptions aan den heer Eugene DeSeyn / hartsgenege / Jef Denyn / 1913


Conservation Supported by plastic stand in display case.

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Object keywords Nees

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Title Staf Nees at the keyboard (photo)

Description Black and white photo of Staf Nees at the keyboard.Mounted on wood.

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Date 1963Material keywords paper, wood

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Location KBS (Photo Archive)

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Object keywords Van den Broek, KBS

Display keywords Van den Broek

Title P. Van den Broek teaching Geirnaert (photo)

Description Black and white photo of Piet Van den Broek givinga lesson in 1966 to student Nelly Geirnaert on the carillon of St. Rombouts Tower. Noël Reynders andGustaaf Van der Weyden are in attendance.

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Object keywords Nees, KBS

Display keywords Nees

Title Staf Nees with teachers and students (photo)

Description Black and white photo of Staf Nees with other teachers and students.

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Date 1948-1949Material keywords photo paper

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Object keywords inauguration, KBS

Display keywords Hof van Busleyden, Mechelen

Title Hof v. Busleyden carillon inauguration (photo)

Description Black and white photo of the inauguration of the carillon of the Hof van Busleyden, the practice and teaching instrument of the KBS, on 28 October 1953.Jules Vyverman, Jef van Hoof, and Piet van den Broek, later director of the KBS, are visible.

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Date 28 October 1953Material keywords photo paper

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Remarks Huybens C84



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History The carillon, cast by Marcel Michiels, Jr. in Tournai,was a gift from the city of Mechelen to the KBS.

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Display keywords Fabiola, St. Rombouts Tower

Title Queen Fabiola in St. Rombouts Tower (photo)

Description Color photo of Queen Fabiola in St. Rombouts Tower, probably for the inauguration of the new carillon.

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Date 1981Material keywords photo paper

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Object keywords KBS

Display keywords KBS, practice keyboard

Title Original KBS classroom (photo)

Description Large black and white photographic halftone print ofa classroom at the original site of the KBS on the Begijnenstraat in Mechelen. The room contains a chalkboard with Dutch text, an upright piano, and theschool’s first practice carillon keyboard (F10). Printedon thick photo paper mounted on a wooden frame.

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Maker Studio Latvia

Date early 20th cent. (reprint)Material keywords paper, wood

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Remarks Propped up by two weights from G02



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Object keywords Colson, Denyn, KBS

Display keywords Colson, Denyn

Title Adèle Colson (photo)

Description Black and white photo of Adèle Colson being taughtby Jef Denyn in St. Rombouts Tower with other students, all male, in attendance.

Colson was the first female student at the KBS. She encountered great opposition there, even when attempting to enroll. Staf Nees insisted that the carillon was not an instrument for women. She was eventually accepted, but only Denyn would teach her.

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Maker Printed by Foto Flion (Brussels)


Condition Bent at edges, should be kept flat in rigid photo holder.


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History Colson graduated on 4 August 1929, but unable to find a position as a carillonneur, she eventually tore up her diploma. The school presented a new diplomato her in 1979.

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Object keywords KU Leuven, inauguration, Haazen

Display keywords Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Title KU Leuven carillon dept. inauguration (photo)

Description Two copies of a black and white photo of the inauguration of the Carillon Department at the Catholic University of Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven). Visible are Paul Bessemans, Els De Bie, Koen Cosaert, Christine Demeyere, Eddy Mariën, Frans Vos, Andrea Rabijns, Desiré Vandaele, An Vos,Frans Vermoortel, Jo Haazen, Renaat Vansteenwegen.

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Title St. Rombouts carillon inauguration (3 photos)

Description Three color photos of the inauguration of the new carillon of St. Rombouts Tower by King Boudewijn and Queen Fabiola.

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Condition Faded and slightly bent. Should be kept flat in rigid photo holders.





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Object keywords inauguration, Leuven

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Title Inauguration of KU Leuven carillon (photo)

Description Inauguration of the renovated carillon of the CatholicUniversity of Leuven in 1983.

A 48-bell carillon by Gillett & Johnston was donatedalong with the tower of the Central Library in 1928 by the association of American engineers in remembrance of their colleagues who died in WorldWar II. The instrument was restored and expanded to63 bells by Royal Eijsbouts under the leadership of American carillonneur Margo Halstead.

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Object keywords Japan

Display keywords Osaka, carillon

Title Photos of Osaka (4)

Description Four color photos of the carillon in Osaka. One features Jo Haazen with Professor Vliegen at the presentation of the Sergeys traveling carillon to the city of Osaka in 1984. Another shows the handing over of the carillon to the mayor of Osaka.

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Remarks Huybens C155, C156



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Display keywords Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp

Title Carillon of the Cathedral of Our Lady (photo)

Description Color photo of the carillon of the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp showing two bells, part of the carillon bench, and part of the window.

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Date 20th centuryMaterial keywords paper

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Inventory number Q01

Object keywords St. Rombouts Tower, KBS

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Title Keys to St. Rombouts Tower (5)

Description Five nickel, black iron, and bronze keys to St. Rombouts Tower on a key ring. Originally there werethree sets, used by professionals and students alike.

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DateMaterial keywords nickel, black iron, bronze

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Dimensions lengths: 16.0 cm; 12.0 cm; 11.0 cm; 11.0 cm; 10.0 cm

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Catalog of the Municipal Carillon Museum of Mechelen, Belgium

Documents

Transcript of Catalog of the Municipal Carillon Museum of Mechelen, Belgium