Braine-le-Comte / Gravenbrakel

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design element - motifs - floral and foliage

Scene Description: assorted flowers and leaves

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Image Source: digital image of a 1970 B&W photograph by Stéphane Dosseray [cliché M048219] in KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10028403] [accessed 10 March 2025]

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design element - motifs - foliage

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Image Source: digital image of a 1970 B&W photograph by Stéphane Dosseray [cliché M048219] in KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10028403] [accessed 10 March 2025]

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design element - motifs - moulding - graded

Scene Description: down the stem of the base

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Image Source: digital image of a 1970 B&W photograph by Stéphane Dosseray [cliché M048219] in KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10028403] [accessed 10 March 2025]

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view of font and cover

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Image Source: digital image of a 1970 B&W photograph by Stéphane Dosseray [cliché M048219] in KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10028403] [accessed 10 March 2025]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03046BRA
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Géry de Braine-le-Comte
Church Patron Saints: St. Géry
Church Location: Rue de l'Eglise, 7090 Braine-le-Comte, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 487 24 65 78
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Hainaut / Henegouwen, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off the N6, 23 km NE of Mons
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tournai
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century (?), Gothic
Church Notes: 13thC church; much modified 16thC
Listed by Enlart (1902) in a group of octagonal fonts ornamented with mouldings. The entry for this church in the French Wikipedia [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Église_Saint-Géry_de_Braine-le-Comte] [accessed 10 March 2025] describes its font: "Les Fonts Baptismaux sont placés dans une petite chapelle fermée par une grille. Ils sont en pierre de taille à support et à réservoir octogonal. Les moulures et l'ornementation végétale sont de la fin du XVe siècle." Listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10028403] [accessed 10 March 2025]: "fonts baptismaux [...] Date: 1401 - 1500 [...] hauteur: 114 cm [...] couvercle :1901-1950, 35 cm".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.612904, 4.137078
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 36′ 46.45″ N, 4° 8′ 13.48″ E
UTM: 31U 580449 5607397

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 114 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * KIK-IRPA [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1901-1950
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

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: 2025-03-10 00:00:00. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.