Obigies

INFORMATION

FontID: 03648OBI

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church Location: Grand'Rue, 7743 Pecq, Belgium

Country Name: Belgium

Location: Hainaut / Henegouwen, Wallonie / Wallonne

Directions to Site: Obigies is located off (E) the N50, in the municipality and 3 km SSE of Pecq, about 6 kms N of Tournai.

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in the Revue de l'art chrétien (no. 40, 1890, p. 415) as a hemispherical stone basin supported on an iron frame which earned it the new category of "cuve ronde suspendue" at the suggestion of the Comité des travaux historiques. Its dating is tentative due to the lack of telling characteristics.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.6619, 3.3642

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 39′ 42.84″ N, 3° 21′ 51.12″ E

UTM: 31U 525741 5612291

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, unknown

Font Shape: hemispherical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Cloquet, Louis, "Travaux des sociétés savantes: Comité des travaux historiques", 40, Revue de l'art chrétien, 1890, pp. 415-420; p. 415