| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Victoria and Albert Museum [South Kensington] (London, England, United Kingdom) 1877-1 | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | ca. 1877 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Renier de Huy | en_US |
| dc.creator | unknown (cast maker) | en_US |
| dc.date | 1870-1877 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-29T20:27:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-29T20:27:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1870-1877 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 189775 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 1818 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/98311 | |
| dc.description | General view; The original font (ca. 1117) is decorated with representations of St. John the Baptist baptising the Publicans, a group of penitents, and Christ; St. Peter baptising Cornelius; and St. John the Evangelist baptizing Cato the philosopher. The oxen carrying the font are an analogy to the molten sea supported by oxen in the Temple of Jerusalem (I, Kings, vii. 23) and identified as symbols of the Twelve Apostles by Rupert of Deutz in his treatise De Trinitate written at Liège about 1117. Rupert of Deutz probably sketched out the iconography and symbolism of the font which was commissioned by Abbot Hellinus (1111-1118), cast in brass (bronze) by Rainer of Huy for Notre Dame aux Fonts, and is now in the Church of Saint-Barthémy, Liège. Source: V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum) [website]; http://www.vam.ac.uk/ (accessed 4/27/2009) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | patinated plaster | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | animals | en_US |
| dc.subject | saints | en_US |
| dc.subject | Jesus Christ | en_US |
| dc.subject | John, the Baptist, Saint | en_US |
| dc.subject | Peter, the Apostle, Saint | en_US |
| dc.subject | baptism | en_US |
| dc.subject | baptismal font | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nineteenth century | en_US |
| dc.subject | Romanesque | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mosan | en_US |
| dc.title | Font from Liege [plaster cast] | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Reproduction of Baptismal Font of Liège | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 7A3-M-VA-LF-A1 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Netherlandish | en_US |
| vra.technique | casting (process) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | replica | en_US |
| vra.worktype | font (religious building fixture) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | after Renier de Huy (Netherlandish sculptor, active 1107-1144); unknown (cast maker) | en_US |
