Munsterbilzen No. 3
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view of church exterior - southwest end - detail
Scene Description: Source caption; "Sint-Mauritiuskerk in Bilzen"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sonuwe, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 29 July 2007 by Sonuwe [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bilzen_-_Sint-Mauritiuskerk.jpg] [accessed 10 September 2024]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sint-Mauritiuskerk (Bilzen)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Hermans, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 3 February 2024 by Paul Hermans [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sint-Mauritiuskerk_(Bilzen)_3-02-2024_12-50-22.jpg] [accessed 10 September 2024]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sint-Mauritiuskerk (Bilzen) achterzijde"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Hermans, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 3 February 2024 by Paul Hermans [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sint-Mauritiuskerk_(Bilzen)_achterzijde_3-02-2024_12-53-19.jpg] [accessed 10 September 2024]
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view of church interior - north aisle - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sint-Mauritiuskerk (Bilzen) linkerbeuk"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Hermans, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 3 February 2024 by Paul Hermans [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sint-Mauritiuskerk_(Bilzen)_linkerbeuk_3-02-2024_12-51-27.jpg] [accessed 10 September 2024]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of a 1971 B&W photograph [cliché M049198] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/50822] [accessed 10 September 2024]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sint-Mauritiuskerk (Bilzen) linkerbeuk" -- the font and cover at the east end of the north aisle
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Hermans, 2024
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 3 February 2024 by Paul Hermans [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sint-Mauritiuskerk_(Bilzen)_linkerbeuk_3-02-2024_12-51-27.jpg] [accessed 10 September 2024]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 02865MUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parochiekerk Sint-Mauritius van Bilzen
Church Patron Saints: St. Maurice [aka Maur, Mauritius, Moritz, Morris]
Church Location: Markt 41, Munsterbilzen, 3740 Bilzen, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Limburg, Vlaanderen / Flandres
Directions to Site: Located off the N2-N730 junction, just NNE of Bilzen and now in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Hasselt
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the N aisle
Century and Period: 17th century(late?)
Church Notes: 8th-9thC church founded by the nearby abbey; destroyed by fire 1636; re-built 1667; modified 1906; renovated 1995
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of brass probably in the late-17th century listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/50822] [accessed 10 September 2024]: "coovont [...] messing [...] 1691-1700 [...] hoogte: 148 cm" [which would include the cover as well].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.870556, 5.517778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 52′ 14″ N, 5° 31′ 4″ E
UTM: 31U 677151 5638451
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Notes on Measurements: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th-18th century?
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no
Notes: round dome with large top level and orb-and-cross finial