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Image Source: digital image of a 1969 B&W photograph in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/11050073] [accessed 18 September 2024]
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Image Source: digital image of a 1969 B&W photograph in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/11050073] [accessed 18 September 2024]
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design element - architectural - column - clustered columns - 5
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Image Source: digital image of a 1969 B&W photograph in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/11050073] [accessed 18 September 2024]
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design element - motifs - nouldings
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of a 1969 B&W photograph in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/11050073] [accessed 18 September 2024]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25713DUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n/d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mosan font
Museum: Duke University Museum of Art / Naher Museum of Art at Duke University
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Previous Font Location(s): somewhere in Belgium?
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for the museum] 2001 Campus Dr, Durham, NC 27705, United States -- Tel.: +1 919-684-5135
Site Location: North Carolina, United States, North America
Directions to Site: Located in Duke University main campus, off (N) Duke University Road
Additional Comments: disused font / sold font (in a museum)
Font Notes:
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There is antry for this font in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/11050073] [accessed 18 September 2024] for a baptismal font made of "pierre de Meuse" in the 12th century, located in te Duke University Museum of Art in Durham, North Carolina: "fonts baptismaux [...] pierre de Meuse [...] Date: 1101 - 1200 [...] hauteur: 100 cm; largeur: 105 cm". The KIK-IRPA entry gives a reference to Ghislain (2009) and the provenance of the object as "Lambert[verzameling][Oudenaarde]".
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 15 September 2024) notes that it is "the Mosan Romanesque font sold by Sothebys in an auction in 2002. I contacted Sothebys, but they were not willing to share the name of the buyer. It was part of major Lambert’s collection, that was sold to the Brummers. Also Ghislain mentioned it in his article on the font of Wellen." [cf. supra]
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 15 September 2024) notes that it is "the Mosan Romanesque font sold by Sothebys in an auction in 2002. I contacted Sothebys, but they were not willing to share the name of the buyer. It was part of major Lambert’s collection, that was sold to the Brummers. Also Ghislain mentioned it in his article on the font of Wellen." [cf. supra]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 17S 686664 3985828
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 35.999064, -78.929053
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 35° 59′ 56.63″ N, 78° 55′ 44.59″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Diameter (includes rim): 105 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * KIK-IRPA
REFERENCES
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.