Orval nr. Florenville

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Results: 4 records

view of church exterior

Scene Description: Source caption: "La nouvelle abbaye d'Orval (Belgique, 1948) / The new Orval Abbey, Belgium (1948)"

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

Image Source: digital photograph 15 June 2005 by Jean-Pol Grandmont [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orval_JPG02.jpg] [accessed 21 May 2024]

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view of church interior

Scene Description: Ruins of old Orval Abbey

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dennis Jarvis, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph 25 September 2013 by Dennis Jarvis [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belgium-5543_-_Imagine_what_was......_(13270706303).jpg] [accessed 21 May 2024]

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view of font

Scene Description: the possible baptismal font re-purposed as centrepiece of the new abbey courtyard fountain [cf. FontNotes]

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

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view of fountain

Scene Description: an old font(?) in the Alms Courtyard of the abbey building

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dennis Jarvis, 2013

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 25 September 2013 by Dennis Jarvis [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belgium-5510_-_Alms_Courtyard_(13270257823).jpg] [accessed 21 May 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25512ORV
Church/Chapel: Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Orval
Church Location: Orval 1, 6823 Florenville, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Luxembourg / Luxemburg, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N840, E of the N88, in the municipality and SSE of Florenville, by the French border
Historical Region: Gaume [Belgian Lorraine]
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century/ 19th century, Late Medieval? / Modern?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention.
Church Notes: 10thC chapel; Benedictine monastery ca. 1070; replaced by Canons Regular 1124; Cistercian 1132; destroyed by fire ca. 1252; re-built in 100 years; burnt down 1793; re-founded by Cistercians 1926-1948; new church consecrated 1948
A communication to BSI by Pol Herman (e-mail of 30 April 2024) notes and illustrates a possible baptismal font re-purposed as centrepiece of the new abbey courtyard fountain: "An object about which I cannot find any information is a fountain in the [...] abbey of Orval. It is said to be a converted Romanesque baptismal font. The heads, however, appear Gothic."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.639722, 5.348889
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 38′ 23″ N, 5° 20′ 56″ E
UTM: 31U 669585 5501224

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round