Dave / Dåve / Dave-sur-Meuse

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font and cover of 1927; the square lower base is a modern replica of the one from the old font
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Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1970 by Renson (I.R.P.A.). [KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), cliché M58336]
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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Cuve sur base de feuillage mosan (désaffectés, dans le parc du château de Wasseige)."
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Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1942 by Commissariat général à la Restauration du Pays [KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), cliché A029588]
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view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © LebrunAmandine, 2011
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 4 December 2011 by LebrunAmandine [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dave._Église_Saint-Martin._Façade_sud..JPG] [accessed 16 March 2015]
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view of church exterior in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dorian Claeys, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 20 September 2009 by Dorian Claeys [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dave_V2JPG.jpg] [accessed 16 March 2015]
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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gouache représentant le village de Dave, dans l'Album du duc de Croÿ, peint par Adrien de Montigny"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: illustration in Album du duc de Croÿ, vol. 14 : Comté de Namur I, s. l. [Belgique], 1604, cité dans - LANOTTE, A., L’église de Dave, Monographie archéologique, dans Annales de la société archéologique de Namur, t. 44, 1943, p. 2. [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dave_en_1604,_d'après_l'album_de_Croÿ.jpg] [accessed 16 March 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © LebrunAmandine, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 December 2011 by LebrunAmandine [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dave._Église_Saint-Martin._Intérieur._Vue_générale_vers_le_chœur..JPG] [accessed 16 March 2015]
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design element - motifs - rope

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2015
Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken in 1942 by Commissariat général à la Restauration du Pays [KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), cliché A029588]
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design element - motifs - leaf - lanceolated - 4

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2015
Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken in 1942 by Commissariat général à la Restauration du Pays [KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), cliché A029588]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 19764DAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1150-1155?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Namur font / affiliation Beauchevain [Ghislain]
Cognate Fonts: other such bases on Namur fonts of the Beauvechain type
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin de Dave
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: Rue de la Vieille Eglise, 5110 Dave, Belgium
Site Location: Namur, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N947, just W of the N92, 5 km S of Namur
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Namur
Additional Comments: composite font? (only the base remains of the original 12thC font here)
Font Notes:
Catalogued and illustrated in Ghislain (2009) as a baptismal font of the Namurois group, filiation Beauvechain, made of limestone (calcaire de Meuse) ca. 1150-1155. Only the square lower base has survived. It was photographed in 1942 "dans le parc du château de Wasseige". Ghislain (ibid.) does not state the location of the base at the time of publication, but his photographs suggest an interior.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 633996 5586541
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.41564, 4.88607
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 24′ 56.3″ N, 4° 53′ 9.85″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (calcaire de Meuse)
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted, modern
Basin Interior Shape: round [modern]
Basin Exterior Shape: round [modern]

REFERENCES

  • 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, catalogue entry no. 10, p.68