Aubel No. 1

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coat of arms - unidentified

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Abdij Val-Dieu en omgeving, Aubel, België"

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Image Source: digital photograph 16 September 2014 by Romaine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aubel-Val-Dieu_(46).JPG] [accessed 24 May 2024]

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view of church interior

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Abdijkerk van de abdij van Val-Dieu" -- showing the top of the 17thC holy-water stoup in the foreground

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Hermans, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 29 August 2018 by Paul Hermans [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abdijkerk_van_de_abdij_van_Val-Dieu_29-08-2018_15-08-28.jpg] [accessed 24 May 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25515AUB
Church/Chapel: Eglise du Val-Dieu [new church]
Church Location: Val Dieu 227/8, 4880 Aubel, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 87 69 28 28
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Liège, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality and 2-3 km W of Aubel, 15-20 km ENE of Liège
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Liège
Historical Region: Pays de Herve
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church
Date: 1664
Century and Period: 17th century(mid) [basin only], Baroque [composite font]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing these objects to our attention and for his help in documenting them
Church Notes: abbey's original church was destroyed in 1287; re-built thereafter; destroyed agani in 1574 and in 1683; flourished 1711-1749; dissolved and destroyed in the French Revolution; abbey resettled 1844; closed again 2001; new ley community associated with the Cistercians in 2004
Dreesen, Marion & Mottequin (2013) note and illustrate two vessels made of red marble of Baelen in this church: 1) "Armored baptismal font made of Red Marble of Baelen, on a (restored) foot of Frasnian red marble, dating from 1664 (Val-Dieu Abbey); and 2) "Large oval stoop on a foot completely made of the crinoid-rich variety of Red Marble of Baelen (Val-Dieu Abbey)." [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval abbey church here]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.698222, 5.8055
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 41′ 53.6″ N, 5° 48′ 19.8″ E
UTM: 31U 698119 5620022

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (red Baelen marble)
Font Shape: oval (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Drainage Notes: no lining

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Location: on one of the sides of the basin
Inscription Text: "1664 / [???]"
Inscription Source: [cf. ImagesArea]

REFERENCES

Dreesen, Roland, "The Red Marble of Baelen, a particular historical building stone with global geological importance and local use", 16/3 (2013), Geologica Belgica, 2013, pp. 179-190; r["References"]