Barvaux-sur-Ourthe / Barve
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Image Source: digital image of a 1973 B&W photograph [cliché M202013] by Pluymers, Serge, IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10050209] [accessed 13 January 2026
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, 2026
Image Source: digital image of a 1944 B&W photograph [cliché A061107] by the Commissariat général à la Restauration du Pays [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10050209] [accessed 13 January 2026
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 26039AQQ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1608
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century (early), Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mosan font
Cognate Fonts: the basin of the font at Durbuy [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Eglise Sacré-Coeur de Jésus à Barvaux-sur-Ourthe
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): Sacred Heart
Other Dedications: St. Martin
Church Notes: earlier church dedicated to St Martin; repaired ca. 1725; re-built 1872
Church Address: Rle de l'Aite 3, 6940 Durbuy, Belgium
Site Location: Liège, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N86, on the S banks of the Ourthe river, about 25 km SW of Aywaille, SSW of Liège
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Liège / Bistum Lüttich
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font date 1608 listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10050209] [13 January 2026]: "fonts baptismaux [...] pierre [...] hauteur: 122 cm [...] inscription, taillé, : : 1608".
A communication to BSI by Pol Herman (e-mail of 13 January 2026) informs: "A l’origine, une quarte chapelle, dépendant de Tohogne. A small chapel existed in Barvaux well before 1600, serving Barvaux, Bohon, and Humin. At the beginning of the 17th century, it was thatched. The parish was made independent in 1605 by the Prince-Bishop of Liège, Ernest of Bavaria. An earlier church dedicated to Saint Martin was built that stood on the site of the present church; its construction date is unknown. It was repaired around 1725 and rebuilt in the Neo-Gothic style between 1872 and 1876. Baptismal records start in 1608. Octagonal, limestone, Mosan, renaissance font, dated 1608. Strong resemblance with the font basin of nearby city of Durbuy (dated 1588). https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10050209".
A communication to BSI by Pol Herman (e-mail of 13 January 2026) informs: "A l’origine, une quarte chapelle, dépendant de Tohogne. A small chapel existed in Barvaux well before 1600, serving Barvaux, Bohon, and Humin. At the beginning of the 17th century, it was thatched. The parish was made independent in 1605 by the Prince-Bishop of Liège, Ernest of Bavaria. An earlier church dedicated to Saint Martin was built that stood on the site of the present church; its construction date is unknown. It was repaired around 1725 and rebuilt in the Neo-Gothic style between 1872 and 1876. Baptismal records start in 1608. Octagonal, limestone, Mosan, renaissance font, dated 1608. Strong resemblance with the font basin of nearby city of Durbuy (dated 1588). https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10050209".
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help documenting this font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: the basin of the font at Durbuy [cf. FontNotes]
Font Height (less Plinth): 122 cm*
Notes on Measurements: [cf. FontNotes]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on the basin side
Inscription Text: "1608"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]