Ghent No. 2 / Gand / Gandavum / Gante / Gent
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Scene Description: "granite font (stupidly enclosed in a glass globe painted blue), in which Charles V. was baptised, while held in the arms of Margaret of York" [cf. FontNotes]
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Scene Description: "granite font (stupidly enclosed in a glass globe painted blue), in which Charles V. was baptised, while held in the arms of Margaret of York" [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 22 August 2016 by BSI
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view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 22 August 2016 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14570GHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1500?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Sint-Baakskathedraal
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the N transept
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bavo [aka Allowin, Baaf, Bavo of Ghent, Bavon, Bavonius]
Church Notes: originally a chapel dedicated to St. John the Baptist in 942 (?); later a Romanesque church of 1038 (?); expanded to a Gothic building that became cathedral in 1559 and was completed in 1569 (?)
Church Address: Sint-Baafsplein, 9000 Gent, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 9 269 20 45
Site Location: Oost-Vlaanderen / Flandre Est, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on Sint-Baafsplein
Ecclesiastic Region: Bisdom Gent / Diocèse de Gand
Additional Comments: famous person font: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was baptised in it
Font Notes:
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Walker (1883) mentions a "granite font (stupidly enclosed in a glass globe painted blue), in which Charles V. was baptised, while held in the arms of Margaret of York".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 551066 5655945
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.052761, 3.728584
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 3′ 9.94″ N, 3° 43′ 42.9″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
REFERENCES
- Walker, J. Russell, "Notes on Continental Churches", (1883), Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1883, pp. 49-75; p. 72-73