Munsterbilzen No. 1

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25690MUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mosan type
Cognate Fonts: Herenthals, Limmel, etc.
Church / Chapel Name: [Parish Church]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Address: Munsterbilzen, 3740 Bilzen, Belgium
Site Location: Liège, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Font Notes:
Included by Cloquet (1895) among the round fonts of the Mosan type with four heads, at 90-degree angles, on the basin sides. Illustrated in his 1890 article but it is square/octagonal. Illustrated in Corblet (1881-1882: v. 2: 149). As depicted in Corblet, the basin has an upper square surface trimmed at the cornes where the heads appear [it is not clear from the drawing whether there are four heads or just two, at the front]; the basin sides and underbowl are rounded, but appear to continue the octagonal shape of the upper surface; the pedestal of the base is a round shaft.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, pierre mosan
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Cloquet, Louis, "Fonts de baptême romans de Tournai", 45, Revue de l'art chrétien, 1895, pp. 308-320; p. 318
  • Cloquet, Louis, "Travaux des sociétés savantes: Comité des travaux historiques", 40, Revue de l'art chrétien, 1890, pp. 415-420; p. 418
  • Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2: 149