Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes / Am-so-Êure / Han-Nålene
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean-Pol Grandmont, 2005
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 25 May 2005 by Jean-Pol Grandmont [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Ham-sur-Heure_050525_%281%29.JPG] [accessed 5 January 2012]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sindicat d'Initiative d'Ham-sur-Eure, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph in [www.hamsurheuresi.be/pages/eglisesaintmartin.htm] [accessed 5 January 2012]
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human figure - head
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sindicat d'Initiative d'Ham-sur-Eure, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph in [www.hamsurheuresi.be/pages/eglisesaintmartin.htm] [accessed 5 January 2012]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17835HAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin / Sint-Martinuskerk / èglîje Sint-Martin / eglijhe Sint-Mårtén
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: the present church was built in the late-19th century (1876-1881); it is the fourth re-building of a medieval church
Church Address: Grand'Place, 6120 Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes, Belgium
Site Location: Hainaut / Henegouwen, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located E of the N53, about 7 km E of Thuin, 11-12 km SSW of Charleroi
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tournai
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of ca. 1200 listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10068227] [accessed 12 September 2025]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] calcaire bleu de l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse [...] hauteur: 97 cm [...] Date: 1191 (incertain) - 1210 (incertain)". The font cover is listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10068228] [accessed 12 September 2025]: "couvercle de fonts baptismaux [...] laiton [...] hauteur: 62 cm [...] Date: 1501 - 1600". Baptismal font consisting of a round tapering basin decorated with four human heads set at 90-degree angles; the bottom of the basin is moulded; raised on a plain circular pedestal base splaying towards the bottom. The brass cover is a plain dome with a cross finial.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 598834 5575374
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.322169, 4.388403
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 19′ 19.81″ N, 4° 23′ 18.25″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: round, with heads, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round (with heads)
Font Height (less Plinth): 97 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BALaT KIK-IRPA [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 16th century
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.