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Baptismal Font At St Bartholomew's Church, Liège
The baptismal font at St Bartholomew's Church, Liège is a Romanesque art, Romanesque brass or bronze baptismal font made between 1107 and 1118 now in the Collegiate Church of St. Bartholomew in Liège, Belgium. The font is a major masterpiece of Mosan art, remarkable for the classicism of its style, whose origin has been the subject of great debate among art historians. The Meuse river valley in modern Belgium and France, roughly coterminous with the Diocese of Liège, was the leading 12th-century centre of Romanesque metalwork, which was still the most prestigious medium in art. History The Liège font was commissioned after 1107 and completed by 1118 for the Church of Our Lady with the Font (), which abutted St. Lambert's Cathedral, Liège, the old Liège Cathedral and functioned as the baptistry for the city. These dates are based on the period of office of the Abbé Hellin, parish priest of the church, known to have commissioned it, for in his obituary in the contemporary ' () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Renier or Rénier is a masculine given and a surname which may refer to: Given name *Renier Botha (born 1992), South African rugby union player *Renier Coetzee (born 1961), South African Army brigadier general *Renier de Huy (died c. 1150?), Belgian or Netherlandish metalworker and sculptor *Renier of St Laurent (died 1188), Benedictine monk *Renier I of Montferrat (1084–1135), ruler of the state of Montferrat in north-west Italy *Renier of Montferrat (1162–1183), fifth son of William V of Montferrat and Judith of Babenberg *Renier Schoeman (born 1983), South African rugby union player *Renier of Trit, first Frankish duke of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv, Bulgaria) from 1204 to 1205 *Renier van Tzum (1600–1670), merchant/trader and official of the Dutch East India Company * Renier Vázquez Igarza (born 1979), Spanish chess player, Grand Master in 2007 *Renier Zen (died 1268), 45th doge of Venice Surname *Alphonse Renier, Belgian football player who competed in the 1900 Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
