Zoutleeuw / Leau No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 02465ZOU
Church/Chapel: Saint-Leonard / St-Leonard / Sint-Leonarduskerk
Church Patron Saints: St. Leonard
Church Location: Grote Markt, 3440 Zoutleeuw, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Brabant Wallon / Wallon Brabant, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the N3, 5-6 km WNW of Sint-Truiden
Historical Region: Brabant
Date: 1468
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Medieval
Our source (Vandeput, 1982) shows a "benitier" with a smooth cauldron-like basin, plain except for a discreet rim and an equally unassuming torus around the basin middle, and at least two handles, from one of which hangs the small holy water bucket for the aspergillum. The pedestal base has several sections, all of them hexagonal in shape. The same source gives the date as "1468" ( Vandeput, 1982, p. 51)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.833333, 5.103056
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 50′ 0″ N, 5° 6′ 11″ E
UTM: 31U 648092 5633399

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, brass
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Vandeput, E., Église de Saint-Léonard à Zoutleeuw (Léau), Léau/Zoutleeuw: [s.n.], 1982