Tessenderlo / Tessenderloo

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animal - mammal - lion - head - 4

Scene Description: very stylised [cf. FontNotes]

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns with capitals and bases - double columns

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design element - motifs - moulding

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sint-Martinuskerk (Tessenderlo)"

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sint Martinuskerk Tessenderlo"

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Zicht op een deel van het interieur van de Sint-Martinuskerk in Tessenderlo"

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17379TES
Church/Chapel: Sint-Martinuskerk
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Markt, 3980 Tessenderlo, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 13 66 17 10
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Limburg / Limbourg, Brabant
Directions to Site: Located off the E313, between Antwerp and Liège
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
The entry for this church in the Dutch Wikipedia [https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint-Martinuskerk_(Tessenderlo)] [accessed 26 January 2025] reports a 12th-century baptismal font decorated with four heads on the basin; 17th-century brass font cover ["Het doopvont stamt uit de 12e eeuw. Het heeft een 17e-eeuws messing deksel. Op de kuip van het vont zijn vier maskers afgebeeld, die de paradijsstromen verbeelden"]. Baptismal font consisting of a basin with a square top and cylindrical below, with animal heads at the angles and an arcade of round arches on double columns with capitals and bases on the sides; the angle lions are beautifully avuncular, almost owl-like, and serve as capitals to the outer colonnettes of the base; the latter are detached from the broad central shaft; the lower base has mouldings that match the bases of the columns, with a square lower base below. Metal cover of moulded brass with metal swing arm at the back for removal; 17th-century?

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.066667, 5.083333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 4′ 0″ N, 5° 5′ 0″ E
UTM: 31U 645970 5659303

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

LID INFORMATION

Date: 17th-century?
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: yes; metal swing arm
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]