Heure-en-Famenne / Heure-lez-Marche

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Results: 7 records

view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Description: tour romane de 1611 ; nef de 1657 avec fenêtres refaites en 1753 ; des transformations ont été effectuées en 1838, dont l'allongement de la nef de 2 travées et la suppression de l'ancien choeur" [NB: the tower is located at the east end]

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Image Source: digital image of a 1944 B&W photograph [cliché A076267] by Clément Dessart, Commissariat général à la Protection aérienne passive, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10023226 ] [accessed 22 May 2022]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Heure-en-Famenne" [NB: the tower is at the east end]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Donarreiskoffer, 2014

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 8 June 2014 by Donarreiskoffer [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heure-en-Famenne_01.jpg] [accessed 22 May 2022]

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view of church exterior - west end

Scene Description: Source caption: "Heure-en-Famenne" [NB: the tower is at the east end]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Donarreiskoffer, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph 8 June 2014 by Donarreiskoffer [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heure-en-Famenne_04.jpg] [accessed 22 May 2022]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast end

Scene Description: Source caption: "Heure-en-Famenne" [NB: the tower is at the east end]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Donarreiskoffer, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph 8 June 2014 by Donarreiskoffer [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heure-en-Famenne_02.jpg] [accessed 22 May 2022]

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view of church interior - looking east

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

Image Source: digital image of a 1973 B&W photograph [cliché M212980] by Jean-Pierre Renson, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10017715] [accessed 22 May 2022]

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view of church interior - looking west

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

Image Source: digital image of a 1973 B&W photograph [cliché M212981] by Jean-Pierre Renson, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10017715] [accessed 22 May 2022]

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view of font and cover

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

Image Source: digital image of a 1973 B&W photograph [cliché M212996] by Jean-Pierre Renson, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10017715] [accessed 22 May 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23979HEU
Church/Chapel: Eglise de Notre-Dame
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: rue de l'Eglise, Heure-en-Famenne, 5377 Somme-Leuze, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 86 32 20 49
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Namur, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: tentative identification as Heure-en-Famenne [all early sources give 'Heure-lez-Marche] -- located off local road N929 [aka route de Givet], W of the N63, in the municipality and 4-5 km SW of Soome-Leuze, about 30 km SE of Namur
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Liège / Diocèse de Namur
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century,
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Noted and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10017715] [accessed 22 May 2022] as a baptismal font made of limestone in the 17th century; it is a crude object consisting of a roughly cut round basin on an equally shaped pedestal base. Dome-shaped font cover of brass with cross finial.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 663516 5574045

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Notes on Measurements: * BALaT KIK-IRPA giges height of 165 cm, which must include the height of the cover

LID INFORMATION

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