Gosselies, in Charleroi No. 3 / Gochi
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symbol - shield - emblem - unidentified
Scene Description: a shield with a Greek cross traversed diagonally upwards from right to left (the pointed side of the rod (?) is in the upper left quarter of the cross)
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Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph [cliché A90911] 1945 by C.G.P.A.P. in BALaT [http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=http://www.kikirpa.be/image/A/9/0/a90911_std.jpg&objnr=10035184] [accessed 11 January 2014]
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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA Brussels, 2014
Image Source: B&W photograph [cliché A90911] 1945 by C.G.P.A.P. in BALaT [http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=http://www.kikirpa.be/image/A/9/0/a90911_std.jpg&objnr=10035184] [accessed 11 January 2014]
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view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA Brussels, 2014
Image Source: B&W photograph [cliché A90911] 1945 by C.G.P.A.P. in BALaT [http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=http://www.kikirpa.be/image/A/9/0/a90911_std.jpg&objnr=10035184] [accessed 11 January 2014]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 18995GOS
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late?), Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font?
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Gosselies
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: Gosselies, 6041 Charleroi, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 71 35 03 62
Site Location: Hainaut / Henegouwen, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Gosselies is now part of Charleroi, just W of the N586 [aka Rue de Jumet]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tournai [formerly in the dioceses of Liège and Namur]
Font Notes:
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Polygonal holy-water stoup wall-mounted in this church; the upper basin side has a pronounced parallel moulding, and there is one interesting symbol on the right side of the underbowl: a Greek cross with a thin rod (?) crossing it diagonally upwards from right to left; the symbol is raised on a shield-like backgound. Noted and illustrated in KIK-IRPA Brussels [http://balat.kikirpa.be] [accessed 11 January 2014]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 601446 5591346
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.465331, 4.429392
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 27′ 55.19″ N, 4° 25′ 45.81″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: polygonal, wall mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal