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In the hall, two gable stones have been placed into the wall.
Keep your eye out for gable stones, lively rectangular sculptures on some 250-year-old-residences, which identify the house and the year it was built.
The content of gable stones may explain something about the house's owner and are a feature of the urban fabric of Amsterdam.
The Begijnhof has a great number of gable stones, many of which show a strong Roman Catholic character.
I walk past houses with dates and pictures on their gable stones; everything here suggests an eventful past, but without cloying nostalgia.
Gable stones (Dutch gevelstenen) are carved and often colourfully painted stone tablets, which are set into the walls of buildings, usually at about 4 metres from the ground.
The Old Testament figures of Moses and Aaron were found depicted on gable stones in the original building and were set into the wall of the new edifice.
Along Markt, Bosstraat, Hepperstraat and Grote Kerkstraat several beautifully adorned Mosan gables can be seen, many with original gable stones.
A pious motto repeatedly found on Dutch gable stones is Nooit Volmaakt (Never Perfect), a testimony to the householder's belief that only God can achieve perfection.
Gable stones came into use in the 16th century, in the days before house numbers, taking over from hanging signs as a way of simultaneously and memorably identifying and adorning a house.
Visual and other puns and word games are also common in Dutch gable stones as well as in some cartoons, such as Lost Consonants and The Far Side.
In Amsterdam, many gable stones have been conserved by the Vereniging Vrienden van Amsterdamse Gevelstenen (VVAG) or Friends of Amsterdam Gable Stones.