Namur No. 1
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B02: design element - architectural - arcade - blind
Scene Description: alternating with the human heads
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Image Source: drawing by Walker in Walker (1883)
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BBL01: design element - motifs - moulding
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BH01: human figure - head - 4?
Scene Description: only two are visible in the source
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BU01: design element - motifs - floral - square flower - 8
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CR01: design element - motifs - moulding
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LB01: human figure - warrior - with shield
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LB02: animal - mammal - quadruped - holding shield
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LB03: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - pointed or cusped quatrefoil - 4
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 14566NAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Museum: Musée archéologique de Namur
Church / Chapel Name: [original church unknown]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Church Address: Rue Joseph Saintraint 7, 5000 Namur, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 81 24 87 20
Site Location: Namur, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the city centre, off Rue Joseph Saintraint
Font Notes:
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One of two fonts found, among others in the museum of Namur, noted and illustrated in Walker (1883); the tapering basin appears octagonal, alternating on the sides human heads with blind arcades; moulding below follower by a band of sqaure (?) flowers on the underbowl sides; prominent moulding at the centre ring on an octagonal stem; moulded lower base alternating humans and animals holding charged shields on four sides, with the other four decorated with pointed quatrefoils. Walker (ibid.) notes simply "of late date".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 632090 5591806
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.46336, 4.86111
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 27′ 48.1″ N, 4° 51′ 40″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Walker, J. Russell, "Notes on Continental Churches", (1883), Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1883, pp. 49-75; p. 70 and fig. 7[a]