Hergenrath / Hergenraat / Hergenraedt / Herjent

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Results: 6 records

design element - architectural - arch or window

the arch-heads are somewhat irregular
Scene Description: the arch-heads are somewhat irregular
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph [cliché A096303] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10096341] [accessed 20 September 2024]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding - parallel - opposed thread directions

or braid
Scene Description: or braid
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph [cliché A096303] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10096341] [accessed 20 September 2024]
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view of church exterior - southwest view

Source caption: "katholische Kirche St. Martin in Kelmis in der belgischen Provinz Lüttich"
Scene Description: Source caption: "katholische Kirche St. Martin in Kelmis in der belgischen Provinz Lüttich"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Reinhardhauke, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 10 October 2012 by Reinhardhauke [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kelmis_St._Martin_143.JPG] [accessed 20 September 2024]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Source caption: "Hergenrath, kerk: die Sankt Martin Kirche"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hergenrath, kerk: die Sankt Martin Kirche"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michielverbeek, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 28 March 2017 by Michielverbeek [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hergenrath,_die_Sankt_Martin_Kirche_foto9_2017-03-28_14.41.jpg] [accessed 20 September 2024]
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view of font and cover

the mid-19thC font and cover
Scene Description: the mid-19thC font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of a 1967 B&W photograph [cliché M013144] by Charles Mahaux, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10096247] [accessed 20 September 2024]
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view of font in context

Source caption: "fonts baptismaux cylindriques dans les jardins Château Emmaburg [...] Date: 1201 - 1300" -- notice the drain hole on the side, evidence of its use as garden planter in the castle gardens
Scene Description: Source caption: "fonts baptismaux cylindriques dans les jardins Château Emmaburg [...] Date: 1201 - 1300" -- notice the drain hole on the side, evidence of its use as garden planter in the castle gardens
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph [cliché A096303] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10096341] [accessed 20 September 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-4.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 25715HER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Katholische Kirche St. Martin in Kelmis
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Aachener Strasse 2, 4728 Kelmis, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Liège, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off (S) road N3, in the municipality of Kelmis, near the border with Germany
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Liège
Font Location in Church: reported in the gardens of the Château Emmaburg [cf. FontNotes]
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Font Notes:
A medieval baptismal font of cylindrical shape laid disused in the gardens of the Château Emmaburg / Château Eyneburg, in Hergenrath (La Calamine); the font has a double-rope moulding below the upper rim and a row of blihd shallow-carved arches all around the basin sides; the presence of a drain hole on the outer side of the basin suggest it was being used as a planter in the castle gardens; it is listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10096341] [accessed 20 September 2024]: "fonts baptismaux cylindriques dans les jardins Château Emmaburg [...] Date: 1201 - 1300" [NB: we have no conformation of the present (2024) location of the medieval font].. A baptismal font of the mid-19th century in this church is is listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10096247] [accessed 20 September 2024]: "fonts baptismaux [...] Date: 1850 (ca) - 1850 (ca) [...] marbre et couvercle en laiton [...] hauteur: 135 cm".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.709108, 6.030625
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 42′ 32.79″ N, 6° 1′ 50.25″ E
UTM: 32U 290359 5621683

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. Accessed: 2024-09-20 00:00:00. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.
KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. Accessed: 2024-09-20 00:00:00. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.