Sint-Huibrechts-Hern

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human figure - head

Scene Description: fragment sold to antiquarian [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [source unknown]

Copyright Instructions: Assumed PD

view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sint-Hubertuskerk in Sint-Huibrechts-Hern" -- showing the 1965 nave built between the medieval tower and chancel

Image Source: digital photograph 5 August 2007 by Sonuwe [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sint-Huibrechts-Hern_-_Sint-Hubertuskerk.jpg] [accessed 20 September 2021]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 23449HUI

Church/Chapel: Sint-Hubertuskerk

Church Patron Saints: St. Hubert of Liège [aka Hubertus]

Church Location: Sint-Hubertusstraat, 3730 Hoeselt, Belgium

Country Name: Belgium

Location: Limburg, Vlaanderen / Flandres

Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N730, in the municipality [since 1977] and 6-7 km S of Hoeselt, 8 km N of Tongeren

Century and Period: 13th century (late?), Medieval

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this font

Church Notes: late-13thC Sint-Hubertus church of which only the chancel and tower remain; nave demolished 1904, replaced by a 3-aisled nave, itself replaced in 1965 by the present modern nave.

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Pol Herman writes [e-mail communication of 5 September 2021 to BSI]: "the head of Sint Huibrechts Hern in Belgium (now lost, because the priest sold it to an antiquarian)." The fragment mentioned is of a head with the characteristic broad-leaf like often found in round fonts of the area made of black & blue or grey limestone.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.826944, 5.451389

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 49′ 37″ N, 5° 27′ 5″ E

UTM: 31U 672641 5633445

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)

Font Shape: [fragment]