Berneau
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Results: 5 records
design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus
Scene Description: below the upper rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1972 B&W photograph [cliché M083640 by Serge Pluymers, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10110940] [accessed 22 December 2023]
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human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: set at 90-degree angles on the basin sides, below the rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1972 B&W photograph [cliché M083640 by Serge Pluymers, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10110940] [accessed 22 December 2023]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise Saint-Servais à Berneau"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sonuwe, 2008
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2 February 2008 by Sonuwe [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berneau_-_Eglise_Saint-Servais.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 22 December 2023]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font and cover
Scene Description: basin of 1576 on a modern replacement base of 1954 [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1972 B&W photograph [cliché M083640 by Serge Pluymers, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10110940] [accessed 22 December 2023]
Copyright Instructions: Reproduced in accordance with KIK-IRPA guidelines CC-BY-4.0
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Access Services, 2023
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph [https://access-services.be/audit/499] [accessed 22 December 2023]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 25186BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Rglise paroissiale Saint-Servais à Berneau / Sint-Servatiuskerk in Berneau
Church Patron Saints: St. Servatius of Tongeren [aka Sarbatius, Servais, Servatius of Maastricht]
Church Location: Rue de Battice, 4607 Berneau, Dalhem, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Liège, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off the N607-N628 crossroads, in the municipality and 5-6 km N of Dalhem, about 20 km NE of Liège, just S of the border with the Netherlands
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Liège
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, N side
Date: 1576 [basin only]
Century and Period: 16th century(late) [basin only], Late Medieval [composite font]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: 1760 chapel; replaced by present church of 1846-1847
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10110940] [accessed 12 January 2025]: "Fonts baprismaux [...] pierre calcaire [...] Date: 1576 - 1576 [...] Hauteur: 100 cm [...] Pied datant de 1954". The basin is roughly octagonal with a rounded underbowl; it is decorated with four human heads set at 90-degree angles on alternate sides of the basin; below the rim is a moulding combination: torus-scotia-torus. Wooden font fitted to the top with hinges at the back; appears modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.74255, 5.73027
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 44′ 33.18″ N, 5° 43′ 48.97″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm* [includes modern base]
Notes on Measurements: * BALaT KIK-IRPA
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. Accessed: 2025-01-12 00:00:00. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.