Gages / Gâch / Gages in Brugelette
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Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph [cliché M091400] by Brigitte Ugeux in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10012665] [accessed 13 August 2024]
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Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph [cliché M091391] by Brigitte Ugeux in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10012649] [accessed 13 August 2024]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03045BRU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale St-Lambert
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lambert of Maastricht[aka Lambaert, Lambertus, Lambrecht, Landebertus]
Church Notes: present church 1785
Church Address: Rue Saint-Lambert 10, Gages, 7943 Brugelette, Belgium
Site Location: Hainaut / Henegouwen, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N523, in the municipality of Brugelette, 6-7 km ESE of Ath
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tournai
Font Notes:
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Saintenoy (1891- ) points out the resemblance of the font here to the octagonal one of the 14th century at Nieuenhove and that the baptismal font at Hérent is "presque absolument identique à ceux de Brugelette". Listed by Enlart (1902) in a group of octagonal fonts with ornamental mouldings. Listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10012665] [accessed 13 August 2024]: "fonts baptismaux [...] Date: 1491 - 1550 [...] pierre calcaire [...] hauteur: 114 cm".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 560155 5605690
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.6, 3.883
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 36′ 0″ N, 3° 52′ 58.8″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 114 cm*
Notes on Measurements: KIK-IRPA
REFERENCES
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 775 fn 3
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.
- Saintenoy, Paul, "Prolégomènes à l'étude de la filiation des fonts baptismaux, depuis les baptistères jusqu'au XVIe siècle", 5-6, Annales de la Société royale d'archéologie de Bruxelles, 1891-1892, pp. 5 (243-281; 6 (69-157); p. 120 fn 1, 533