Bertrée

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10723BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [base] -- 15th century [basin] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Pierre de Bertrée
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Rue de la Brasserie, 4280 Hannut, Belgium
Site Location: Liège, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N80, in the municipality and 4-5 km N of Hannut, about 30 km NE of Namur
Font Notes:
The municipal site of the town [www.bertree.be] notes a baptismal font of composite nature: the base is dated to the 12th century, while the basin is 15th-century. Vomposite font listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10029037] [accessed 18 August 2025]: "font baptismaux [...] hauteur: 106 cm [...] cuve: XVe; base: XIIe; fût: fin XIXe ou retaillé fin XIXe". The font is a mismatch of parts: the lower base, the oldest, must have belonged to a table-top basin that rested on a broad central shaft and four corner colonnettes, of which only the lower base now remains; the rest of the present font as described above.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, for bringing this font to our attention

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 647591 5617923
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.69438, 5.089747
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 41′ 39.77″ N, 5° 5′ 23.09″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

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