Elversele

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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
design element - motifs - moulding - graded
INFORMATION
FontID: 03047ELV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Sint-Margaretakerk Eversele
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antiochia
Church Location: Dorpstraat 13, 9140 Temse, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Oost-Vlaanderen / Flandre Est, Vlaanderen / Flandres
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N41, about 25 km WSW of Antwerp
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Gand / Ghent
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century (?), Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Robrecht Medo
Font Notes:
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Listed by Enlart (1902) in a group of octagonal fonts ornamented with mouldings. Listed and illustrated in KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/12531] [accessed 10 March 2025] as a font made between 1501 and 1600 by Robrecht Medo; the source gives the height as "140 cm".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.114583, 4.138417
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 6′ 52.5″ N, 4° 8′ 18.3″ E
UTM: 31U 579684 5663183
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: moulded dome with orb-and-cross finial
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/.