<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">This hanging lavabo (Latin for ‘I will wash’) has a spout on two sides, which made it easy to pour the water. Lavabos were used in the home for washing hands before a meal. They also hung in churches and chapels for ritual hand washing during the mass. This metal example was expensive and either belonged to a wealthy individual or hung in a church.</span></p>
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This hanging lavabo (Latin for ‘I will wash’) has a spout on two sides, which made it easy to pour the water. Lavabos were used in the home for washing hands before a meal. They also hung in churches and chapels for ritual hand washing during the mass. This metal example was expensive and either belonged to a wealthy individual or hung in a church.
Centraal Museum Utrecht Mededelingen nr. 4 = A beam too long to be photographed, red.: Anthon Beeke ... [et al.]. [tekst essay Ron Kaal]. ontwerp Ger van Elk, (Utrecht, 1973), afb.
Edele en onedele metalen. De verzamelingen van het Centraal Museum Utrecht [onedele metalen cat. nr. 1-250], L.E. van den Bergh-Hoogterp en B. Dubbe, (Utrecht, 1997), pp. 551-553, met afb. in kleur; p. 638, cat. nr. 18, met afb.
Het leven in de late Middeleeuwen, [voorw. Adeline M. Janssens], (Utrecht, 1974), cat. nr. 42
Exhibitions
De gezonde stad , Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2022
Het Gilde van St. Eloy, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2004
De kogel door de Kerk?, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1979
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