Olloy-sur-Viroin / Ôlwè
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Results: 7 records
design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 14 April 2022 by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail 15 April 2022)
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Olloy-l'église"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cazya, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 12 February 2009 by Cazya [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olloy-l'église_(B)_1030601.JPG] [accessed 15 April 2022]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0
view of church exterior in context - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption in Olloy-sur-Viroin, Belgium"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Trougnouf, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 2 February 2017 by Trougnouf [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Grande_Traversée_de_la_Forêt_du_Pays_de_Chimay_(DSC_0685)_Église_Notre-Dame_de_l'Assomption_in_Olloy-sur-Viroin,_Belgium.jpg] [accessed 15 April 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 14 April 2022 by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail 15 April 2022)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1975 B&W photograph in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10081329] [accessed 15 April 2022]
Copyright Instructions: Reproduced in accordance with KIK-IRPA guidelines
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 14 April 2022 by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail 15 April 2022)
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 14 April 2022 by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail 15 April 2022)
INFORMATION
FontID: 23877OLL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Church/Chapel: Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption / Assomption de la Sainte Vierge
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: rue Saint-Eloi, 5670 Viroinval, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Namur, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off local road N990, S of the N99, SSE of Charleroi, SSW of Namur
Historical Region: Pays de Chimay
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1650?
Century and Period: 17th century(mid?) [basin only] [composite font]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention, for his photographs and for his help documenting it
Church Notes: church built 1650; totally destroyed ca. 1865; re-built soon thereafter; damaged by the 'Serpula lacrymans' a fungus- and semi-abandoned; restoration completed 2003
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10081329] [accessed 15 April 2022] as a baptismal font made of "calcaire carbonifère" and dated between 1601 and 1700 [NB: this entry does not mention the modern base]. A communication from Pol Herman to BSI (e-mail of 15 April 2022) reports the original basin made of limestone in the mid-17th century, now mounted on a modern pedestal base. The dome brass font cover has a large cross finial.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.072914, 4.607327
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 4' 22.5" N, 4° 36' 26.4" E
UTM: 31U 615015 5547975
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]