Maastricht No. 5 / Maestricht
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view of church exterior - apse
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view of church exterior in context - northwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 July 2010 by Kleon3 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OLV-01.jpg] [accessed 30 October 2015]
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: Source caption: "MOSA-tegel met een afbeelding van de Sint-Nicolaaskerk en de Onze-Lieve-Vrouwebasiliek in Maastricht, naar een tekening van Jan de Beijer uit 1740. / MOSA decorated tile with a depiction of the Saint Nicolas Church and the Church of Our Lady in Maastricht, after a drawing of Jan de Beijer from 1740."
INFORMATION
Font ID: 20098MAA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1500?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Basiliek van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Tenhemelopneming / Onze Lieve Vrouwebasiliek / Sterre der Zee
Font Location in Church: [cf. FonrNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: early church here may have existed in the 4th-5thC; present church built chiefly 11th-12thC; became collegiate by 1100; elevated to Baslica Minor in 1933
Church Address: Onze Lieve Vrouweplein 9, 6211 HD Maastricht, Netherlands
Site Location: Limburg, Netherlands, Europe
Directions to Site: Maastricht is N of Liège, in the Limburg province. Located just W of Massboulevard and the river
Ecclesiastic Region: Bisdom Roermond
Additional Comments: altered font: this font was stripped of most of its original ornaments at some point (Reformation?)
Font Notes:
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The present font here is the work of Jehan Aert van Tricht, and was originally from the demolished Sint-Nicolaaskerk nearby [cf. Index entry for Maastricht No. 4 for that font].
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 689614 5636324
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.8475, 5.693611
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 50′ 51″ N, 5° 41′ 37″ E