Maastricht No. 1 / Maestricht

Results: 1 records

animal - mammal - lion - head - vegetation stemming from its mouth

Scene Description: a/p Cloquet

INFORMATION

FontID: 03661MAA
Church/Chapel: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Tenhemelopneming / Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk / Slevrouwe
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Onze Lieve Vrouweplein, 6211 HD Maastricht, Netherlands
Country Name: Netherlands
Location: Limburg
Directions to Site: Located in the centre of town, on the W bank of Meuse/Maas river, Maastricht is located 30-35 km N of Liège
Ecclesiastic Region: Bisdom Roermond
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: first (?) church of 4th-5thC later became the cathedral of the diocese of Tongeren-Maastricht; became collegiate church ca. 1100; most of present church built 11th and 12thC; much modified and restored since
Mentioned in Cloquet (1890) as having the ornamental motif of the inverted lion head with foliage stemming from the mouth. [to be confirmed]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.8475, 5.693611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 50′ 51″ N, 5° 41′ 37″ E
UTM: 31U 689614 5636324

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, unknown

REFERENCES

Cloquet, Louis, "Travaux des sociétés savantes: Comité des travaux historiques", 40, Revue de l'art chrétien, 1890, pp. 415-420; r["References"]