Thisnes / Thisnes-en-Hesbaye / Tîne
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1968 by Charles Mahaux, I.R.P.A. [http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=M027728&objnr=10031395&nr=28] [accessed 20 July 2015]
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human figure - head - crowned
Scene Description: several, adorning the basin sides
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Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken in 1968 by Charles Mahaux, I.R.P.A. [http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=M027743&objnr=10031393&nr=27] [accessed 20 July 2015]
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sonuwe, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 May 2008 by Sonuwe [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thisnes_-_Eglise_Saint-Martin.jpg] [accessed 20 July 2015]
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view of church exterior - west tower
Scene Description: the Romanesque tower with the late-18thC (?) spire
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Johan Bakker, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 May 2014 by Johan Bakker [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:64034-CLT-0011-01Toren_van_de_kerk_Saint-Martin_te_Thisnes.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2015]
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view of font and cover in context
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Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1968 by Charles Mahaux, I.R.P.A. [http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=M027728&objnr=10031395&nr=28] [accessed 20 July 2015]
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view of stoup
Scene Description: one of two 18thC (?) stoups in this church
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Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1968 by Charles Mahaux, I.R.P.A. [http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=M027743&objnr=10031393&nr=27] [accessed 20 July 2015]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 10107THI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale St-Martin / Sint-Martinuskerk
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 4280 Thisnes, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Liège, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located 2-3 km from Hannut/Hannuit, in central Belgium, about 20 km NW of Huy
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Liège
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove off the nave
Date: 1626
Century and Period: 17th century(early)
Church Notes: Romanesque tower
Font Notes:
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Described in the Thisnes web site [www.netrax.org/thisnes/histcroquis/croquis.html] as a baptismal font dated to 1626, about a metre in height, the basin decorated with human heads; the brass cover dates from the mid-19th century. Also in 'Hannut est à vous' [www.hannut.be/tourisme/la-ville-et-ses-villages/thisnes/] [accessed 20 July 2015]: "fonds [sic] baptismaux, cuve ornée de têtes humaines, exécutées en 1626 (d’après inscription), pierre haute de 1,16mètre, couvercle en laiton, de la moitié du 19ème siècle." A pair of identical stone holy-water stoups dated 1701-1800 in BALaT [http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=M027743&objnr=10031393&nr=27] [accessed 20 July 2015] is also inside the church; it consists of a small square vasin with rounded underbowl, raised on a moulded square pedestal base and a lower base of the same shape; measurements for the stoups given in the source as "hauteur: 104 cm; largeur: 41 cm". A pair of holy-water stoups probably of the 18th century are also listed in the BALaT: "hauteur: 104 cm. largeur: 41 cm".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.665322, 5.048099
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 39′ 55.16″ N, 5° 2′ 53.15″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm* [approx.]
Font Height (with Plinth): 116 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * [www.netrax.org/thisnes/histcroquis/croquis.html / ** 'Hannut est à vous' [www.hannut.be/tourisme/la-ville-et-ses-villages/thisnes/] [accessed 20 July 2015]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century mid?
Material: metal, brass
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]