Sclayn No. 2 / Sclayn-sur-Meuse / Scleyin
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: digital image of a 1943 B&W photograph [cliché B044531] by the Commissariat général à la Restauration du Pays [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10077033] [accessed 21 January 2026]
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design element - motifs - torus-scotia
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, 2026
Image Source: digital image of a 1943 B&W photograph [cliché B044531] by the Commissariat général à la Restauration du Pays [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10077033] [accessed 21 January 2026]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: "Église Saint-Maurice de Sclayn (Andenne), ancienne collégiale romane fondé vers 1072. Elle est devenue l'église paroissiale en 1808 / Église Saint-Maurice de Sclayn (Andenne), een voormalige Romaanse kapittelkerk met oorsprong rond 1072. Het werd de parochiekerk in 1808."
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Image Source: digital photograph 22 November 2023 by Eebie
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: scrolled. like a capital
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, 2026
Image Source: digital image of a 1943 B&W photograph [cliché B044531] by the Commissariat général à la Restauration du Pays [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10077033] [accessed 21 January 2026]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 26057GJM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Maurice [primitivement ancienne collégiale Notre-Dame et Saint-Félix]
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Wikidata: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Église_Saint-Maurice_de_Sclayn
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Felix
Church Notes: The collegial church of Our Lady and St Felix became parish church in 1808 replacing the oeiginally 11thC parish church of St Maurice, located then in the south of the hill
Church Address: N90 99, Sclayn, 5300 Andenne, Belgium
Site Location: Namur, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N90, in the municipality and 5 km W of Andenne, 13 km ENE of Namur
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Namur
Town/City Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sclayn
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of the 17th century listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10077033] [accessed 21 January 2026]: "fonts baptismaux [...] pierre calcaire [...] Date: 1601 - 1700 [...] hauteur: 102 cm". [cf. BSI Font ID: 00413SCL for a fragment of the medieval font originally from this church].
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 10 December 2025) informs: "Please note that the present-day parish church of Sclayn has a 17th c. font. Maybe this font came from the older parish church that was demolished in 1813. https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10077033
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_Saint-Maurice_de_Sclayn"
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 10 December 2025) informs: "Please note that the present-day parish church of Sclayn has a 17th c. font. Maybe this font came from the older parish church that was demolished in 1813. https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10077033
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_Saint-Maurice_de_Sclayn"
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help documenting this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 643862 5595029
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.489557, 5.028088
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 29′ 22.4″ N, 5° 1′ 41.12″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: limestone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 102 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * KIK-IRPA
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal
Notes: dome-shaped with orb-and-cross finial