Amberloup / Amberlou

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Results: 6 records

head - 4

Scene Description: one of the very the eroded heads is missing

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024

Image Source: digital image of a 1938 B&W photograph [cliché A125526] by Victor Degand, Commission royale des Monuments et des Sites in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10081620] [accessed 9 February 2024]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Amberloup (Belgique), l'église Saint-Martin (1734)."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean-Pol Grandmont, 2005

Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2005 by Jean-Pol Grandmont [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amberloup_E1a.jpg] [accessed 9 February 2024]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: " Amberloup (Belgique), la nef et le choeur de l'église Saint-Martin (1734)."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean-Pol Grandmont, 2005

Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2005 by Jean-Pol Grandmont [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amberloup_E1b.jpg] [accessed 9 February 2024]

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view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024

Image Source: digital image of a 1943 B&W photograph [cliché A052107] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10081620] [accessed 9 February 2024]

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman

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view of font cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "couvercle de fonts baptismaux [...] cuivre [...] diamètre: 67 cm [...] Date: 1701 - 1710"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024

Image Source: digital image of a 1938 B&W photograph [cliché A125525] by Victor Degand, Commission royale des Monuments et des Sites in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10081624] [accessed 9 February 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25319AMB
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Amberloup, 6680 Sainte-Ode, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Luxembourg / Luxemburg, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the N826, in the municipality and 2-3 km WSW of Sainte-Ode, on the right bank of the Ourthe river, 14-15 km W of Bastogne
Historical Region: L'Ardenne belge
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century [basin only] -- 19th century [base only], Medieval [composite font?]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: church built on the site of a 3rdC pagan temple; present church 1734, modified 1737; renovated 1828
Listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [tps://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10081620] [accessed 8 February 2024]: "fonts baptismaux [...] cuve datant du XIe ou XIIe siècle, base et fût du XIXe [...] grès[pierre] [...] hauteur: 27 cm largeur: 92 cm". The low-dome shaped font cover is listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [tps://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10081624] [accessed 8 February 2024]: "couvercle de fonts baptismaux [...] cuivre [...] diamètre: 67 cm [...] Date: 1701 - 1710". There were four heads set at 90-degree angles of the basin; one is now missing and the others are too eroded to be identified as either human or animal; the pedestal base is a modern replacement. A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 20 September 2023) notes: "The baptismal font, of which only the basin survived, has aspects of the Romanesque, Mosan type, carrying 4 roughly carved (or poorly preserved ?) heads. It is however made of local sandstone. Therefore, it could be possible that it was made prior to the production wave of limestone Mosan fonts, that started ca. 1145. Sometimes it is dated 11th century." Herman further notes: "In 1824, a roman votive stone ("four deities stone") was unearthed under the Christian altar. Maybe this was a religious statement that confirmed the victory of Christianisation. This stone is now at the Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art in the city of Luxembourg."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.017, 5.517
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 1′ 1.2″ N, 5° 31′ 1.2″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Basin Total Height: 27 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * KIK-IRPA

LID INFORMATION

Date: ca. 1701-1710
Material: metal, copper
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]