Zoutleeuw / Leau No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 02465ZOU
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1468
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Saint-Leonard / St-Leonard / Sint-Leonarduskerk
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leonard
Church Address: Grote Markt, 3440 Zoutleeuw, Belgium
Site Location: Brabant Wallon / Wallon Brabant, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the N3, 5-6 km WNW of Sint-Truiden
Historical Region: Brabant
Font Notes:
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

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

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, p. 51 (image only)