The floor slabs of Oudewater

4. Floor slab of Elyzabet, widow of Jacob Gerritz., and her sister Eugen Gerritz.



Date:

 1553 and 1545

MeMO memorial object ID:

 305

Commemorated party:

 Elyzabet or Lijsbeth Gerijt Heijnricksdochter died in Oudewater on 1 February 1553. One of the shields on the slab shows that she was a member of the Van Rijswijck family through her father; her mother's shield has not yet been identified. Elyzabet was the widow of Jacob Gerritz., who died in Oudewater before 18 May 1543; the third shield on the slab shows that his mother belonged to the Van Zijl family. The couple were the founders of the Van Ro[o]yen dynasty and grandparents of Leiden professor Roelof Snellius van Rooyen, who is also buried at Oudewater.

Current location:

 Presbytery

Original location:

 The register of graves records this slab as situated in row 12 (grave 8) of the north choir (R12 G8)

Short description:

 Richly decorated, large slab with an marginal inscription in Gothic textualis, commemorating two members of the once important local Van Ro[o]yen family and featuring within a central lozenge a shield quartered and the same shields in the four corners

Material:

 Blue limestone

Dimensions:

 195 x 82 cm

Condition:

 The slab is complete, but badly worn in places, especially in the centre

Inscription:

 'Hier leit begraven Elyzabet Jacob Gerritz. wedue ende sterf anno XVC LIII den 1 february ende Eugen Gerritz. haer suster 1545'

Translation:

 Translation: Here lies buried Elyzabet, widow of Jacob Gerritz., and [she] died in the year 1553 on the 1st of February, and her sister Eugen Gerritz., 1545.

Language:

 Dutch

Heraldry:

 Heraldic shield quartered with 1) three roses, 2 and 1 (Van Royen); 2) three crowned lions, 2 and 1 (Van Rijswijck); 3) a chevron with three crosses saltire (Van Zijl); 4) a bend sinister with three hearts (unidentified)

General remarks:

 A sketch by the Utrecht antiquary Aernout van Buchel (Buchelius, 1565-1641) shows the same heraldry (but with the lower quarters reversed) on the lost floor slab of Hugo Snel, licentiate in civil and canon law and canon of St Peter's church, Utrecht (d. Utrecht, 18 February 1540), who was a son of Jacob Gerritz. and Lijsbeth Gerijt Heijnrickzdochter. The Van Zijl heraldry also occurs on the double slab to members of the Van Swieten and Van Zijl families and to that of Celi van Zijl, 2 and 1.


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1. Jacob Hugenz. van Swieten et al.

2. Celi van Zijl and Alijt van Swieten

3. Jannichgen, widow of Dirck Jan Luijten

4. Elyzabet, widow of Jacob Gerritz., and her sister Eugen

5. Willem and Jan Ghijsbart Janz. van der Laen

6. Jacob Janz. van der Hoech

7. Clemens Willemsdochter

8. Fye, widow of Henrick Ghijsbertz.

9. A member of the Van der Heede family and Herman Ludolfz.

10. Adriaen Goesenz.

11. Marya Aedryen Goesenz. dochter

12. Cornelis Dirck Janz. and his wife
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