Sainlez No. 1 / Sainlez-sous-Hollange / Sanner Buch / Sauner

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notice the restoration, the new base and the partition of the inner basin [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: notice the restoration, the new base and the partition of the inner basin [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1976 B&W photograph [cliché M253873] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10082245] [accessed 25 December 2023]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 25196SAI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 8th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saints-Pierre-et-Paul de Sainlez
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Notes: church here documented 858; early-14thC; re-built 1607; demolished ca. 1890; re-built on new site 1889-1890; damaged WWII; restored 1958
Church Address: Sainlez 93, Hollange, 6637 Fauvillers, Belgium
Site Location: Luxembourg / Luxemburg, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N4, 3 km NE of Hollange, 8-9 km S of Bastogne, in the municipality and about 12 km NNE of Fauvillers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Namur
Additional Comments: disused font / restored font (re-cycled as farm trough; restored and re-mounted ca. 1940?)
Font Notes:
Baptismal font noted in Balter & Dubois (1941) and in D'Otreppe de Bouvette (1997). Tollenaere (1957) mentions the font at Sainlez as being made of 'arkose' and gives two possible dates for it: "viiie-ixe siècles ou xiiie siècle". Listed in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10082245] [accessed 25 December 2023], after D'Otreppe de Bouvette, with restoration date betwen 1941 and 1960. The font consists of a roughly hemispheric basin decorated with two bands and a garland berween them, raised on a modern limestone base as part of its restoration; claims of an 8th-9th century date for the old basin may be unrealistic; the changes made to the basin in its 'restoration' include the partition of the inner basin in the manner of the later French fonts.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.921550, 5.710490
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 55' 17.6" N, 5° 42' 37.8" E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (Arkose)
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Balter, V., "Inventaire des objets d’art et d’antiquité dans les églises et chapelles du canton de Fauvillers", 72 (1941), AIALUX, 1941
  • D'Otreppe de Bouvette, Henry, "Cuves baptismales « romanes » en arkose (2e partie)", 46 (1997), Glain et Salm, Haute Ardenne, 1997
  • Tollenaere, Lisbeth, "La sculpture sur pierre dans l'ancien diocèse de Liége à l'époque romane", 4e Série, Fascicule II., Recueil de Travaux d'Histoire et de Philologie, 1957