Lustin

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human figure - head - 4

Scene Description: on the replacement basin [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1971 by Jean Pierre Renson, I.R.P.A. [KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), cliché M58206]

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view of church exterior - northwest view

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Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1971 by Jean Pierre Renson, I.R.P.A. [KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), cliché M58183]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1971 by Jean Pierre Renson, I.R.P.A. [KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), cliché M58185]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

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view of font

Scene Description: notice the metal inner basin insert

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view of font cover

Scene Description: 48 cm tall and made of brass; dated in the source to the 17th century [cf. FontNotes]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02858LUS
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Lupicin
Church Patron Saints: St. Lupicin
Church Location: Chaussée de Marche 42, 5170 Lustin, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Namur, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located on the N931, in the municipality of Profondeville, arrondissement de Namur, halfway between Dinant and Namur
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1150-1155?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century (mid?) [base and lower base only], Medieval / composite
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Namur font? / affiliation Beauchevain? [Ghislain]
Cognate Fonts: Archennes, Odilienberg, etc. [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: church here documented ca. 1066
Noted and illustrated in Saintenoy (1891). Included by Cloquet (1895) among the round Mosan-type fonts ornamented with four human heads, at 90-degree angles, on the basin sides. In Enlart (1902) with similar description. Noted and illustrated in BALaT (Belgian Art Links and Tools) [http://balat.kikirpa.be] [accessed 20 March 2015] as a baptismal font of the 13th century; the dome-shaped metal font cover of brass with cross finial is dated in this source to the 17th century, the font itself to the 13th century. Catalogued and illustrated in Ghislain (2009) as the lower base and possibly the stem of a baptismal font of the Namurois group, filiation Beauvechain, made of limestone (calcaire de Meuse) ca. 1150-1155; this source does give any specific information about the present basin, but it is roughly cylindrical, with four stylised human heds at 90-degree angles on the sides; the inner basin has a removable metal lining; the single supporting shaft is cylindrical and plain; the lower base has a plain moulding around the end of the shaft, and the four broad lanceolated leaves characteristic of the Beauchevain affiliation at the angles.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 22' 46.16" N, 4° 53' 49.26" E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (calcaire de Meuse)
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: removable metal lining in the later basin
Font Height (less Plinth): 86 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium)

LID INFORMATION

Date: 17th century?
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Cloquet, Louis, "Fonts de baptême romans de Tournai", 45, Revue de l'art chrétien, 1895, pp. 308-320; r["References"]
Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902
Ghislain, Jean-Claude, Les fonts baptismaux romans en pierre bleue des ateliers du Namurois (ca. 1150-1175), Namur: Musée provincial des arts anciens du Namurois, 2009
Saintenoy, Paul, "Prolégomènes à l'étude de la filiation des fonts baptismaux, depuis les baptistères jusqu'au XVIe siècle", 5-6, Annales de la Société royale d'archéologie de Bruxelles, 1891-1892, pp. 5 (243-281; 6 (69-157); r["References"]