Glons / Glaaien
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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - symbol - 4 - in a circle
Scene Description: alternating with shields charged with the Instruments of the Passion
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design element - architectural - column - 4
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design element - architectural - window - trefoiled - 4
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design element - motifs - floral - 4
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design element - motifs - scotia
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human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: showing two of them here
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symbol - shield - Christ - Instruments of the Passion - 4
Scene Description: alternating with the Evangelists' symbols
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise Saint-Victor à Glons / Sint-Victorkerk in Glaaien"
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view of font and cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25440GLO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Victor à Glons / Sint-Victorkerk in Glaaien"
Church Patron Saints: St. Victor
Church Location: Rue de la Dérivation, Glons, 4690 Bassenge, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Liège, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located W of the N618 and of the E313, in the municipality and 6 km W of Blassenge
just S of the border with Flanders and 7-8 km SE of Tongeren
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocièse de Liège
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10093900] [accessed 16 April 2024]: "fonts baptismaux [...] pierre [...] gothique [...] Date: 1491 - 1510 [...] hauteur: 104 cm / Cfr. couvercle de fonts baptismaux n°10093902"; the entry gives the following iconographic subjects: "Concept: Lion[symbole de Marc l'Evangéliste]; Boeuf[symbole de Luc l'Evangéliste]; aigle[symbole de Jean l'Evangéliste]; Instrument de la Passion; Ange[symbole de Matthieu l'Evangéliste]".
A communication from Pol Herman (e-mail of 13 January 2024) notes on the presence of lions on the bases of several fonts: "The 4 lions at the corners, along with the gothic arches on the sides of the column, can (only) be found on the fonts of: Weert (lions have been chopped off during the iconoclastic fury), installed probably around 1512; Marche-en-Famenne, probably around 1520; Fallais, probably after 1509 and Glons".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.751198, 5.546482
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 45′ 4.31″ N, 5° 32′ 47.33″ E
UTM: 31U 679628 5625250
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Font Height (less Plinth): 104 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * KIK-IRPA [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. Accessed: 2024-04-16 00:00:00. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.
KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. Accessed: 2024-04-16 00:00:00. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.