Evrehailles / Baye
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view of font and cover
animal - mammal - lion - head - vine stemming from its mouth - acanthus - upturned
animal - bird - dove - eating fruit
view of church exterior in context
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view of church exterior - northeast view
view of church exterior - west view
view of church interior - nave - looking west
view of church interior - nave - looking east
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19792EVR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Date: ca. 1155-1160?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Namur font / affiliation de Saint-Séverin-en-Condroz [Ghislain]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Église St-Laurent
Font Location in Church: fragment built into the N transept of the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Address: rue du buc 1, 5530 Evrehailles, Belgium
Site Location: Namur, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located S of Bauche, in the municipality of and 3 km E of Yvoir, 9 km from Dinant, 17 km from Ciney
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Liège
Historical Region: Le Condroz
Additional Comments: damaged font / fragment of font
Font Notes:
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Catalogued and illustrated in Ghislain (2009) as a fragment of the basin of a baptismal font of the Namurois group, filiation de Saint-Séverin-en-Condroz, made of limestone (calcaire de Meuse) ca. 1155-1160; the fragment is reported built into the north transept; the fragment appears to be part of the side of the basin, and includes an upturned lion head with an acanthus vine isuing from its mouth; a dove picks at the arum fruit.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 636239 5575468
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (calcaire de Meuse)
Font Shape: square, mounted, fragment
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
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. 38, p. 133