Dourbes No. 2 / Doûpe
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Scene Description: the composite stone font with the modern metal cover
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19766DOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [base only] / 17th century[basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Servais
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Servatius of Tongeren [aka Sarbatius, Servais, Servatius of Maastricht]
Church Address: Rue de Fagnolles, 5670 Dourbes, Viroinval, Belgium -- Tél.: +32(0)31.16.35
Site Location: Namur, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located S of the N939, in the municipality and 3 km N of Viroinval, 8-9 km ENE of Couvin, 45-50 km SSW of Namur
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Namur
Font Notes:
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Composite baptismal font noted and illustrated in KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium) [cliché M233798]: a 17th-century octagonal basin with plain short sides and a very tall tapering underbowl chamfer, raised on a 15th century pedestal base of octagonal-to-square shape, on a square plinth. The brass dome cover with cross finial is dated 1954 in the source.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 613956 5549729
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.088889, 4.593056
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 5′ 20″ N, 4° 35′ 35″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (with Plinth): 115 cm*
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1954
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]