Gages / Gâch / Gages in Brugelette
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 03045BRU
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale St-Lambert
Church Patron Saints: St. Lambert of Maastricht[aka Lambaert, Lambertus, Lambrecht, Landebertus]
Church Location: Rue Saint-Lambert 10, Gages, 7943 Brugelette, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Hainaut / Henegouwen, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off the N523, in the municipality of Brugelette, 6-7 km ESE of Ath
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tournai
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: present church 1785
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
50.6,
3.883
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 36′ 0″ N,
3° 52′ 58.8″ E
UTM: 31U 560155 5605690
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
KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. Accessed: 2024-08-13 00:00:00. 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); r["References"]