Tilly / Tiyi

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09542TIL
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: former baptismal font
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Martin de Tilly
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, now serving as baptismal font
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: Rue t'Serclaes 2, 1495 Villers-la-Ville, Belgium
Site Location: Brabant Wallon / Wallon Brabant, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N275, in the municipality of Villers-la-Ville, NE of Charleroi
Historical Region: Brabant
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: re-purposed stoup (now serving as baptismal font)
Font Notes:
A stone holy-water stoup of the 16th century now serving as baptismal font [source: www.villers-la-ville.be/villages/tilly.htm], and [www.bw-namur.be]. This must be the object listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10001003] [accessed 9 August 2025]: "fonts baptismaux [...] pierre de taille sculpté [...] Date: 1501 - 1600 [...] hauteur: 97 cm"; octagonal basin decorated with a human head on every other side; mouldings on basin and base; stops at the lower base make it square. Metal dome cover with cross finial; appears modern.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 609770 5602785
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.566667, 4.55
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 34′ 0″ N, 4° 33′ 0″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 97 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BALaT KIK-IRPA [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: dome with cross finial

REFERENCES

  • KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.