Charneux (Luik)
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design element - motifs - torus-scotia
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph ["MO81768"] [source unknown] provided by Pol Herman
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human figure - head - 4
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph ["MO81768"] [source unknown] provided by Pol Herman
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view of church exterior in context - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of Charneux, Herve (Belgium)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philippe Sampont, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 29 October 2005 by Philippe Sampont [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charneux-Church.jpg] [accessed 24 November 2021]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: "Fonts baptismaux: cuve à quatre masques humains, pierre, XVIe s., base moderne" [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph ["MO81768"] [source unknown] provided by Pol Herman
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23565CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Sint-Sebastiaankerk / Eglise Saint-Sébastien
Church Patron Saints: St. Sebastian
Church Location: Grand Vinave 1, 4654 Herve, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 87 67 88 80
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Luik, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off (N) highway E42, in the municipality and 3 km N of Herve, ENE of Luik
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mosan font?
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this site to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: chapel of ca. 1300 later elevated to parish church in 1380; much modified since -- listed [ref.: 63035-CLT-0018-01]
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the AWaP [http://lampspw.wallonie.be/dgo4/site_ipic/index.php/fiche/index?sortCol=2&sortDir=asc&start=0&nbElemPage=10&filtre=&codeInt=63035-INV-0151-01] [accessed 24 November 2021] notes: "Fonts baptismaux: cuve à quatre masques humains, pierre, XVIe s., base moderne. [...] Bénitier: marbre, 2e moit. du XVIIIe s." No entry found for this font in KIK-IRPA. A communication from Pol Herman (e-mail of 24 November 2021) includes the baptismal fonts at Charneux, Sprang, Maasmechelen, Munsterbilzen, Tongerlo and Waanrode as somewhat similar examples of Mosan font design.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.669458, 5.805136
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 40′ 10.05″ N, 5° 48′ 18.49″ E
UTM: 31U 698215 5616823
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat, with orb-and-cross finial; modern; appears metal