Maastricht No. 10 / Maestricht

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design element - motifs - moulding - graded

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Image Source: digital photograph 13 January 2017 by Kleon3 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maastricht,_OLV-basiliek,_noordbeuk,_wijwatervat.jpg] [accessed 15 February 2022]

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design element - motifs - moulding - graded

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kleon3, 2017

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 13 January 2017 by Kleon3 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maastricht,_OLV-basiliek,_noordbeuk,_wijwatervat.jpg] [accessed 15 February 2022]

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design element - motifs - stop - 4

Scene Description: transitioning the base from octagonal to square

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kleon3, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph 13 January 2017 by Kleon3 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maastricht,_OLV-basiliek,_noordbeuk,_wijwatervat.jpg] [accessed 15 February 2022]

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human figure - head - 4

Scene Description: Source caption: "Detail of the Holy Water stoop [sic] in the north aisle of the Basilica of Our Lady in Maastricht, the Netherlands."

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 13 January 2017 by Kleon3 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maastricht,_OLV-basiliek,_noordbeuk,_wijwatervat.jpg] [accessed 15 February 2022]

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view of font or stoup in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk: Interieur, wijwatervat met beeldhouwwerk" -- former font used as stoup in the north aisle [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 2022

Image Source: digital image of an October 1913 B&W photograph by G. de Hoog, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed

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view of font or stoup in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Detail of the Holy Water stoop [sic] in the north aisle of the Basilica of Our Lady in Maastricht, the Netherlands."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kleon3, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph 13 January 2017 by Kleon3 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maastricht,_OLV-basiliek,_noordbeuk,_wijwatervat.jpg] [accessed 15 February 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23754MAA
Church/Chapel: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Tenhemelopneming / Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk / Slevrouwe
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Onze Lieve Vrouweplein, 6211 HD Maastricht, Netherlands
Country Name: Netherlands
Location: Limburg
Directions to Site: Located in the centre of town, on the W bank of Meuse/Maas river, Maastricht is located 30-35 km N of Liège
Ecclesiastic Region: Bisdom Roermond
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, N aisle
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Namur font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and for his help in documenting it
A former baptismal font or holy-water stoup made of Namur stone in the 15th century is now used as stoup in the north aisle of the church; it is of octagonal shape and has four heads at 90-degree angles on the basin; mouldings down the basin and base. No cover present, as it is now a stoup. [Souce : Voorloopige lijst der Nederlandsche monumenten van geschiedenis en kunst. Deel VIII, I. De provincie Limburg (Amby-Meer). Algemeene Landsdrukkerij, Den Haag / A. Oosthoek, Utrecht, 1926]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.8475, 5.693611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 50′ 51″ N, 5° 41′ 37″ E
UTM: 31U 689614 5636324

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Namur)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal