Dochamps
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Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: digital image of a 1973 B&W photograph [cliché M079875] by Raoul Dekemel, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10019839] [accessed 1 October 2023]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: showing the damages inflicted in WWII
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © P.O. Gillard, [1944?]
Image Source: digital image of a ca. 1944 B&W photograph by P.O. Gillard [phot probided by Pol Herman]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Open Churches, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in Open Churches [https://openchurches.eu/fr/edifices/saints-pierre-et-paul-manhay] [accessed 1 October 2023]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: the 17thC font is partially visible at the far [west] end, left [south] side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Open Churches, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in Open Churches [https://openchurches.eu/fr/edifices/saints-pierre-et-paul-manhay] [accessed 1 October 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: showing the 17thC font in the foreground, right side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Open Churches, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in Open Churches [https://openchurches.eu/fr/edifices/saints-pierre-et-paul-manhay] [accessed 1 October 2023]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24962DOC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saints-Pierre-et-Paul de Dochamps
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Notes: church here documented 1011; destroyed by fire 1642; re-built 1644; damaged in 1944/1945 Bataille des Ardennes; restored thereafter; restored again 2011
Church Address: Rue des Frères Germay, 6960 Manhay, Belgique
Site Location: Luxembourg / Luxemburg, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N841, in the municipality and about 8 km SW of Manhay
Additional Comments: re-purposed font / re-cycled font (used as stoup at some point) -- disappeared font? / destroyed font? (the one from the medieval church here may have been destroyed in the 1642 fire that destroyed the church)
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Open Churches [https://openchurches.eu/fr/edifices/saints-pierre-et-paul-manhay] [accessed 1 October 2023] mentions a baptismal font of the 17th century in it; the same source notes that a church here was documented in 1011 and was destroyed by fire in 1642. Noted and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10019839] [accessed 1 October 2023], where it is indicated that it was used as a stoup ["font baptismaux [...] 1651-1700 [...] marbre [...] hauteur: 102.5 cm [...] employés comme bénitier"]. The present font may have been installed when the church was re-built; it is made of rose marble and consists of a hemispherical basin on a round baluster-type pedestal base; the only decorations are a small number of mouldings on the basin and base. No cover present.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.23471, 5.62238
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 14′ 4.96″ N, 5° 37′ 20.57″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 102.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BALaT KIK-IRPA