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350 Route 41. LEYDEN. Ethnographical Museum.
Korenbeurs (PJ. D. 3), a bridge with a timber porticus. Here we
take the short Burgsteeg to the left, leading to the Korte Nieuwstraat.
To the left, at the end of the last-named street, rises the Castle
(De Burcht; Pl. D, 3), a curious circular building, the foundations
of which date from the 10th cent. or even earlier. The battlements
are modern. We enter by a gate built in 1658 (daily 9-5; adm,
10c.). The chroniclers connect it with Drusus and the Anglo-
Saxon Hengist.
Near the castle is situated the Church of St. Pancras, or Hoog-
landsche Kerk (Pl. D, 3; adm. 25c.; sacristan in the house No. 2
on the S.E, side), a handsome late-Gothic stone edifice erected in
the 45th cent. on the site of an earlier building of 1280, of which
the tower still remains. The whole was restored in 1885-1902.
It is a large basilica with nave and aisles, with a transept also
flanked with aisles. The nave, which has reached neither its pro-
jected length nor its projected height, is covered by a wooden roof
of barrel-vaulting. The N. arm of the transept, the gable of which
is richly decorated, is surmounted by odd-looking turrets. In the
naye, below the crossing, is the monument of the Burgomaster
Pieter Adriaansz van der Werf (see below); adjacent, on the S.B.
pillar, is a memorial tablet with his portrait in relief. The organ
dates from the 16th century. — The quaint little chapel of the
St. Anna Hofje (Pl. E, 4; open week-days 10-5; adm. 10 c.), at Hooi-
Gracht 9, a little to the S.E., should not be overlooked.
In the Hoogewoerd, the B. prolongation of the Breestraat, No.
108 is the main building of the Ethnographical Museum (Pl. 5, 4),
an extensive collection of the products of the Southern Ocean,
Australia, and the Dutch colonies (open daily except Sun., 12-4;
closed on Wed. in winter). Director, Dr. H. H. Juynboll.
The collections from America, Africa, the Philippine Islands, etc., at
Heerengracht 8 (Pl. E, 4), are shown only on previous application.
The collections from Japan, China, British India, and Siam are exhibit-
ed at Rapenburg 69 (Pl. B, 4; open on week-days, 12-4). The library is
next door (No. 67). The Chinese bronzes and stone im should be
noticed. Among the Indian antiquities the representations of Hindu gods
are interesting: Brahma, the ‘Creator’ (1. with three heads; 5. with four
heads), Vishnu, the ‘Preserver’ (6. with his wiy Shiva, the ‘Destroyer’
(14, 39, 48-52, 91), the Indian Trinity; Ganesha, of wisdom, with an
elepbant’s trunk (82); Durga, the god that eradicates evil, standing upon
a bull (58).. In the middle, 120, Nandi, the sacred bull of Shiva. — In
the gla3s-cases are small bronze figures of these gods; also, on the top
shelf, 18d. Kama, the god of loye; on the second shelf, 100. Kuvera, god
of wealth; 22. Kurakullé; 34-37. Figures Buddha. — In the desk-cases
are golden earrings, gold rings with Kayi inscriptions; gold and bronze
bracelets, mirrors, and mirror-handles, some with religious repre {-
ations; above, a bronze statuette of Buddha. — A new building, in which
all the collections will be united, is projected.
The attractive Van per Werr Parx (PI. 0, D, 4, 5) occupies the
site of a portion of the town reduced to ruins by the explosion of a
powder-ship in 1807. It has been embellished since 1884 with the
Monument of Burgomaster Van der Werf (d. 1604), who in 1574 |