Arville / Arville in Saint-Hubert
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the date "1620" is on the front side of the pedestal base, hardly visible at all in this photograph
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1975 B&W photograph [cliché M227965] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10027396] [accessed 26 December 2024]
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view of font
Scene Description: the date "1620" is on the right side of the pedestal base, hardly visible at all in this photograph
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1942 B&W photograph [cliché A125548] by Victor Degand, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10027396] [accessed 26 December 2024]
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view of church exterior in context - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Arville, église Saint Paul in straatzicht"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michielverbeek, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 12 June 2014 by Michielverbeek [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arville,_église_Saint_Paul_in_straatzicht_foto3_2014-06-12_15.47.jpg] [accessed 26 December 2023]
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inscription
Scene Description: "1620"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2023
Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a 1975 B&W photograph [cliché M227965] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10027396] [accessed 26 December 2024]
Copyright Instructions: Reproduced in accordance with KIK-IRPA guidelines / CC-BY-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25204ARV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1620 [base only]
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early) [base only], Baroque [composite font]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Paul en Arville
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Paul
Church Address: Rue du Rivage 8, 6870 Saint-Hubert, Belgium
Site Location: Luxembourg / Luxemburg, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the N808, W of the N89, in the municipality and 5-6 km W of Saint-Hubert, about 22 km S of Marche-en-Famenne
Additional Comments: composite font (the pedestal base is dated 1620 by an inscription; the basin is probably of a later date)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10027396]: "fonts baptismaux [...] fût en pierre [...] datation, gravé, sur le fût: : 1620; couvercle en cuivre, de hauteurs respectives 103 et 54 cm"
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 27 December 2023) adds: "Little information on Internet about this font that seems to be composite. The octagonal basin does not fit on the support column, and could be older than 1620."
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 27 December 2023) adds: "Little information on Internet about this font that seems to be composite. The octagonal basin does not fit on the support column, and could be older than 1620."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 666070 5544759
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.031944, 5.318889
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 1′ 55″ N, 5° 19′ 8″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on the base
Inscription Text: "1620"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1941-1960(?)
Material: metal, copper
Apparatus: no
Notes: plain dome with orb-and-cross finial; mid-29thC(?)