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352 Route 41. LEYDEN. Chureh of St. Peter.
burg 25, built in 1655; the gateway of the former St. Joris Doelen,
of 1645 (now a barrack; Pl. B, 3, 4); the Hofje van Brouckhoven
(Pl. C, 3; 1640), Papen-Gracht 16; and, between the Papen-Gracht
and the Pieterskerk-Plein, the former Tribunal (1655), which be-
longed to the ‘Gravensteen’ (Pl. 0, 3), the prison of the Dutch
counts, and is now a military storehouse. — Opposite the Grayen-
steen, to the N.B., Lokhorst-Straat 16, is the picturesque former
Gymnasium, built in 1599 by Lieven de Key as a grammar-school.
The fine Gothic Church of St. Peter (Pl. C, 8, 4; sacristan on
the §.E, side, Kloksteeg 24; fee 25 c. each person), said to have been
erected in 1315, with double aisles, is the largest church at Leyden,
and the last resting-place of many distinguished men. The lofty W.
tower fell in 4512. The nave has a wooden roof.
The monument of the celebrated physician Boerhaave (a. 1738; in the
right aisle) bears the modest inscription: ‘Salutifero Boerhavii genio sacrum’.
Other monuments record the names of Dodonaeus, 8
Clusius, Scaliger, and other Dutch savants. In the rig le is a tablet
to Prof. Jean Luzac (see below), who perished in the explosion of 1807
(p. 850). The monument of Joh. van Kerckhoven (d. 1660), in the left tran-
sept, is by R. Verhulst. The company of students formed to fight the
Belgians in 1830 is also commemorated by a monument. The handsome
pulpit (1500) and the choir-screen with its carved frieze
naissance style deserve notice.
The so-called Jan Pesynshof (Pl. C, 4), in the Kloksteeg, bears
an inscription to the effect that John Robinson, the leader of the
first Pilgrim Fathers banished from England, lived, taught, and died
here (1611-25). The present house, however, was not built till
1683. Robinson is buried in St. Peter’s church.
The house of Jean Luzac (1746-1807; see above), ‘a friend of Washing-
ton and the United States in the War of Independence’, at Rapenburg 112,
a few min. to the S. of the church, is now indicated by a bronze tablet
presented by the Netherlands Society of Philadelphia in 41909.
On the other side of the Singel, in the Oude Vest, is the Mare Kerk
(21. D, 2), a domed church by ’S Gravesande, completed in 1648, —
Near it (No. 159) is the Meermansburg (Pl. D, BE, 2; adm. 25 62);
the largest Hofje (p.xxxvii)in Leyden. The Regents’ Room (restored)
contains a fine portrait of a lady by an unknown master (signed
‘H. fee. 1632") and other admirable portraits by J. Cuyp, M. yan
Mierevelt, and J. de Baen.
Beyond the picturesque Harbour (Pl. F, 2) is the Zyl - Poort
(21. F, G, 2), another town-gate, built by W. van der Helm in 1666.
On week-d rom June 45th to Sept. 15th a steamer of the Stoomboot-
Maatschappy Ca s (p. 344) makes an interesting Tour THROUGH THE
Rynranp. The boat starts from the Beesten-Markt (Pl. B, 2) at noon, re-
turning about 6.30 p.m. Passing through the Oude Vest (Pl. C, D, E, 2) and
across the harbour (PI. F, 2) it turns to the E. into the Old Rhine (Oude Ryn),
and via Leiderdorp and Koudekerk7reaches Molenaarsburg. Hence it takes a
N. course through Heymans Wetering and past Woubrugge into the Braas-
semer Meer, and vid Oude Wet ing to the N. into the Ringvaart, on the
Haarlemmer Polder (comp, p. 314). Steaming to the W. along the latter
we reach Kaag, then turn to the S. through the Kaager Meer and the Zyl,
and return by the Old Rhine to Leyden.
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