Mortroux No. 1
Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
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Results: 4 records
design element - architectural - arch-head - pointed
Scene Description: a band of
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of a 1972 B&W photograph [cliché M083409] by Serge Pluymers, IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10111407] [accessed 10 February 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-4.0
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dalhem, (Mortroux), Königriek vun Belgien: Lucia vun Syrakuskark, Süüdgevel"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © flamenc, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 30 October 2012 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mortroux_-_Luciakerk.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 10 February 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font
Scene Description: the 16thC(?) font no longer in use
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of a 1972 B&W photograph [cliché M083409] by Serge Pluymers, IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10111407] [accessed 10 February 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-4.0
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the mid-19thC font and cover in use in this church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of a 1972 B&W photograph [cliché M083410] by Serge Pluymers, IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10111408] [accessed 10 February 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-4.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 25322MOR
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Lucie
Church Patron Saints: St. Lucy [aka Lucia?
Church Location: Rue Sainte Lucie 7, Mortroux, 4607 Dalhem, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Liège, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N627, just E of Dalhem, E of the E25 and the Meuse river, 18-20 km NE of Liège
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Liège
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century [basin only?] / 16th century, Gothic [compositr font?]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mosan font?
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
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: original wooden church re-built in stone 11thC; defensive tower added 12thC; current nave from 1782;
Baptismal font listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10111407] [accessed 10 February 2024]: "fonts baptismaux [...] gothique [...] Date: 1501 - 1600 [...] hauteur: 95 cm". No cover present. The baptismal font in use is 19th-century, listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10111408] [accessed 10 February 2024]; it consists of a small basin held on the head of a standing angel [cf. ImagesArea]. [cf. BSI entry for Mortroux for an object listed as a holy-water stoup]
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 23 September 2023) notes: "The baptismal font is said to be 16th century or “around 1500”, this is probably true for the square/octagonal base which shows typical Mosan gothic characteristics. However, the column and the basin are at odds with this Mosan style. They resemble late Romanesque / early gothic (13th century ?) fonts that can be found in Germany. For example the font at Laichingen. I think that the font of Mortroux is unique in Belgium. A petrographic analysis could maybe proof if it is made of Mosan limestone."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
50.710833,
5.753131
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 42′ 39″ N,
5° 45′ 11.27″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 95 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * KIK-IRPA
