Poulseur
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Results: 7 records
view of font and context
Scene Description: the 17thC(?) basin on a modern replacement base; the brass cover is from 1845
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1970 B&W photograph [cliché M055630] by Serge Pluymers, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10003896] [accessed 28 December 2023]
Copyright Instructions: Reproduced in accordance with KIK-IRPA guidelines / CC-BY-4.0
view of basin - upper view
Scene Description: no drain, no lining
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 17 May 2023 by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 June 2023)
design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 17 May 2023 by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 June 2023)
view of church exterior in context - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Vue de l'église de Poulseur."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean Housen, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 1 August 2011 by Jean Housen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20110801_poulseur01.jpg] [accessed 28 December 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 17 May 2023 by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 June 2023)
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 17 May 2023 by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 June 2023)
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 17 May 2023 by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 June 2023)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25215POU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century[basin only], Baroque [altered font]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale du Sacré-Cœur à Poulseur
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SE area of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): Sacred Heart [formerly St. Servatius]
Church Notes: 11thC [ca. 1090?] chapel; re-built 1510; enlarged 1645, 1761; re-built 1844; restored 1906
Church Address: Place Puissant 4171 Poulseur, Belgique -- Tel.: +32 4380 4611
Site Location: Liège, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the N633, on the S bank of the Ourthe river, 18-20 km S of Liège
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Liège
Additional Comments: altered font (base is a modern, ca. 1906 replacement) -- disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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17th-century basin of a baptismal font, the base is a modern replacement of ca. 1906, listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10003896] [accessed 28 December 2023] ["fonts baptismaux [...] Date [basin]: 1601 (ca) - 1700 (ca) [...] Date [base]: 1906 [...] hauteur: 165 cm [inludes cover] [...] pied, vers 1906, hauteur:70 cuve, XVIIe, hauteur:33 couvercle, daté 1845, laiton hauteur: 62". The upper rim of the basin shows evidence of anchorings for a cover.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention, for his photographs and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 682953 5598362
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.5086, 5.5803
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 30′ 30.96″ N, 5° 34′ 49.08″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining
Basin Total Height: 70 cm*
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1845
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no
Notes: graded round domes with orb-and-cross finial