Vierves-sur-Viroin / Viepe

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view of church exterior - southwest end

Scene Description: Source caption: "Vierves-sur-Viroin (Belgique), l’église Saints Rufin et Valère Vierves-sur-Viroin (België), de kerk van Sinten Rufin en Valère / Viepe (Bèljike), l’èglîje Sints Rufin èt Valère."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean-Pol Grandmont, 2005

Image Source: digital photograph 8 September 2005 ny Jean-Pol Grandmont [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vierves-sur-Viroin_050809_(25).JPG] [accessed 20 April 2022]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the ca. 1900 font with the 1629 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 of 17 April 2022)

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the ca. 1900 font with the 1629 cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2022

Image Source: digital image of a 1976 B&W photograph [cliché M246354] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10081631] [accessed 20 April 20220

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Scene Description: Source caption: "inscription, gravé [...]datée de donation au nom de J. Lefort en 1629"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2022

Image Source: digital image of a 1976 B&W photograph [cliché M246355] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10081634] [accessed 20 April 20220

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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 of 17 April 2022)

view of font cover - detail

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 of 17 April 2022)

view of font cover - detail

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 of 17 April 2022)

view of font cover - detail

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 of 17 April 2022)

view of font cover - detail

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 of 17 April 2022)

view of font cover - detail

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 of 17 April 2022)

view of font cover - detail

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 of 17 April 2022)

view of font cover - detail

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 of 17 April 2022)

view of font cover - detail

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 of 17 April 2022)

INFORMATION

FontID: 23880VIE
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saints Rufin et Valère / Kerk van Sinten Rufin en Valère / Eglîje Sints Rufin èt Valère
Church Patron Saints: St. Rufin [aka Rufinus] & St. Valère
Church Location: Vierves-sur-Viroin, 5670 Viroinval, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Namur, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the N99, 25 km SSE of Charleroi, N of the Ardennes regional park
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Namur
Historical Region: Département des Ardennes / Principauté de Liège
Century and Period: , Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention, his photographs of the lid and his help in documenting this entry
Church Notes: original church may have been related to the medieval castle nearby; present church is 1788, heavily restored since
A modern [ca. 1900] batismal font of limestone with a metal cover of 1629 is noted and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10081631] [accesse 20 April 2022]. A communication from Pol Herman to BSI (e-mail of 17 April 2022) informs: "The limestone baptismal font is said to be from ca. 1900, but the brass lid dates from 1629. Inscription on the lid: 'Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam Done Par Jacque Lefort'". A further communication from Pol Herman to BSI (e-mail of 9 May 2022) reports: "Bernard Nain of the local historical society has confirmed that the church of Vierves, built in 1788, replaced an earlier church. However, there is no further information because no archives have been preserved in the village of Viroinval." [NB: we have no information on the earlier font here]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: around the upper dome of the cover
Inscription Text: "Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam Done Par Jacque Lefort / IHS"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1629
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]