Jumet in Charleroi No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 18992JUM

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Sulpice

Church Patron Saints: St. Sulpicius [aka Sulpitius]

Country Name: Belgium

Location: Hainaut / Henegouwen, Wallonie / Wallonne

Directions to Site: Jumet is now part of the town of Charleroi

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tournai [formerly in the dioceses of Liège and Namur]

Historical Region: In the département de Jemappes during the French occupation

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Date: 1554

Century and Period: 16th century(mid?), Late Gothic

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Holy-water stoup said to have been originally a bracket in the church at Gosselies. Now wall-mounted and serving as holy-water stoup. Noted in BALaT KIK-IRPA.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.450875, 4.425897

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 27′ 3.15″ N, 4° 25′ 33.23″ E

UTM: 31U 601229 5589734

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Diameter (includes rim): 25 cm*

Basin Depth: 25 cm*

Basin Total Height: 24 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * BALaT [http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=http://www.kikirpa.be/image/A/1/6/a16002_std.jpg&objnr=10035179] [accessed 11 January 2014]