Obigies
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03648OBI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Address: Grand'Rue, 7743 Pecq, Belgium
Site Location: Hainaut / Henegouwen, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
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.
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 31U 525741 5612291
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.6619, 3.3642
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 39′ 42.84″ N, 3° 21′ 51.12″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric, 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