Aubel No. 2
INFORMATION
FontID: 25516AUB
Object Type: Stoup
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 church, at the W end of the nave of the new church
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 17th century
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing these objects to our attention and for his help in documenting them
Font Notes:
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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
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; 185 and fig. A