Oteppe No. 1 / Otepe / Ôtepe

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Results: 9 records

view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "eglijhe d'Ôtepe"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lucyin, 2012

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 1 October 2021 by Lucyin [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ôtepe_eglijhe.JPG] [accessed 19 February 2024]

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view of font

Scene Description: a composite font [cf. FontNotes]

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

Image Source: digital image of a 1968 B&W photograph [cliché M027359] by Charles Malhaux, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10114473] [accessed 19 February 2024]

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view of font

Scene Description: the basin being removed from the base

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Image Source: digital photograph 20 October 2023 in the Bilbiotheca Burdinne [https://bibliotheca.burdinne.be/thematiques/patrimoine-religieux-et-funeraire/fonds-baptismaux/fonds-baptismaux-oteppe] [accessed 19 February 2024]

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view of font

Scene Description: showing the upper end of the base

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Image Source: digital photograph 20 October 2023 in the Bilbiotheca Burdinne [https://bibliotheca.burdinne.be/thematiques/patrimoine-religieux-et-funeraire/fonds-baptismaux/fonds-baptismaux-oteppe] [accessed 19 February 2024]

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view of font - east side

Scene Description: showung the unfinished side of the pedestal base: "La surface inachevée au dos indique que le bénitier était placé contre le mur" [cf. Pol Herman in FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bibliotheca Burdinne, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph 20 October 2023 in the Bilbiotheca Burdinne [https://bibliotheca.burdinne.be/thematiques/patrimoine-religieux-et-funeraire/fonds-baptismaux/fonds-baptismaux-oteppe] [accessed 19 February 2024]

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view of font - upper view

Scene Description: showing the interior of the basin[i.e., the former grain measure re-purposed as basin of the composite font]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bibliotheca Burdinne, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph 20 October 2023 in the Bilbiotheca Burdinne [https://bibliotheca.burdinne.be/thematiques/patrimoine-religieux-et-funeraire/fonds-baptismaux/fonds-baptismaux-oteppe] [accessed 19 February 2024]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bibliotheca Burdinne, 2022

Image Source: digital photograph 16 June 2022 in the Bilbiotheca Burdinne [https://bibliotheca.burdinne.be/thematiques/patrimoine-religieux-et-funeraire/fonds-baptismaux/fonds-baptismaux-oteppe] [accessed 19 February 2024]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: showing the basin and cover being replaced atop the pedestal base

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bibliotheca Burdinne, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph 20 October 2023 in the Bilbiotheca Burdinne [https://bibliotheca.burdinne.be/thematiques/patrimoine-religieux-et-funeraire/fonds-baptismaux/fonds-baptismaux-oteppe] [accessed 19 February 2024]

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view of font and cover - west side

Scene Description: the composite font and its cover [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bibliotheca Burdinne, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph 20 October 2023 in the Bilbiotheca Burdinne [https://bibliotheca.burdinne.be/thematiques/patrimoine-religieux-et-funeraire/fonds-baptismaux/fonds-baptismaux-oteppe] [accessed 19 February 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25348OTE
Church/Chapel: Eglise de Saint-Michel à Oteppe
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Thier de l'église 12-2, 4210 Oteppe, Burdinne, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 85 71 41 93
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Liège, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the N652 [aka Rue de la Burdinale], N of the A15, in the municipality of Burdinne, 11-12 km NW of Huy, 25-30 km W of Liège
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Liège
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 16th - 18th century, Baroque [composite font]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mosan font [base only]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: present 18thC church built on the foundations of an earlier one; re-built 1832
Baptismal font listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10114473] [accessed 19 February 2024]: "fonts baptismaux [...] pierre [...] gothique [...] Date: 1601 - 1700 [...] ancienne mesure de capacité mobile à cuve unique, peut-être du XVIIIe siècle [...] Base du XVIIe siècle, gothique, retaillée au XIXe siècle [...] hauteur: 96 cm". The same source gives the KIK-IRPA code 10114810 for the font cover [not photographed]: "couvercle de fonts baptismaux [...] laiton [...] Date: 1701 - 1800 [...] hauteur: 10 cm". Noted and illustrated in the Bilbiotheca Burdinne [https://bibliotheca.burdinne.be/thematiques/patrimoine-religieux-et-funeraire/fonds-baptismaux/fonds-baptismaux-oteppe] [accessed 19 February 2024] with information from Pol Herman: "Fonts baptismaux - Oteppe [...] Tailleur de pierre inconnu. 16e siècle. H. : 96 cm. Le support est un bénitier mosan en calcaire carbonifère du 16e siècle, ultérieurement modifié. Avant les modifications, ce bénitier portait certainement des têtes d'angle et une moulure supérieure. Cette moulure a été enlevée, laissant un reste de bassin peu profond et le drainage. Les têtes d'angle ont été retaillées pour ne laisser que des bosses saillantes qui permettent par exemple d'y poser des flacons (huile d'onction ...). La surface inachevée au dos indique que le bénitier était placé contre le mur. La cuve baptismale est une mesure de capacité à tourillons. Cet ustensile était utilisé pour définir la dîme au bénéfice du décimateur, celui-ci étant souvent le desservant ou curé de la paroisse. Renseignements aimablement fournis par Mr. Pol Herman". A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 18 October 2023) notes: "In the église Saint-Michel stands a unique composite baptismal font [...] [see https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10114473]. The octagonal column and the typical Mosan-type Gothic base seem older than the dating given by KIK-IRPA (17th century). I would guess early 16th. Above the column, one can see a basin-like bulge, that is said to have been re-sculpted in the 19th century. The object originally was probably a Mosan-type stoop, with 4 heads that have been partially removed? On top of this object is set an ancient tiltable measure (mesure de capacité à tourillons). Geert Verbrugghe, the historian at the INRAP France, specialized in mortars and measures, cannot date it more precisely than medieval."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.566667, 5.116667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 34′ 0″ N, 5° 7′ 0″ E
UTM: 31U 649898 5603777

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Height (less Plinth): 96 cm* / **
Notes on Measurements: * Pol Herman / **KIK-IRPA

LID INFORMATION

Date: 18th century?
Material: metal, brass
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. Accessed: 2024-02-19 00:00:00. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.