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view of basin

notice the damaged areas but also the metal staple for the anchorage of the old font cover
Scene Description: notice the damaged areas but also the metal staple for the anchorage of the old font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2015
Image Source: B&W photograph taken by Brigitte Ugeux; in KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), cliché M93659] [http://balat.kikirpa.be] [accessed 14 March 2015]
Copyright Instructions: reproduced in accordance with KIK-IRPA guidelines

design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns with capitals and bases - 24

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2015
Image Source: B&W photograph taken by Brigitte Ugeux; in KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), cliché M93659] [http://balat.kikirpa.be] [accessed 14 March 2015]
Copyright Instructions: reproduced in accordance with KIK-IRPA guidelines

view of church exterior - tower - detail

Source caption: "Boussu (Belgique), l'église Saint-Géry (XVII-XIXe siècle)."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Boussu (Belgique), l'église Saint-Géry (XVII-XIXe siècle)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean-Pol Grandmont, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2005 by Jean-Pol Grandmont [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boussu_050817_(23).jpg] [accessed 14 March 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior in context

Source caption: "Boussu (Belgique), la maison communale, l'ancien orphelinat, la cour de Justice de Paix et l'église St-Géry."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Boussu (Belgique), la maison communale, l'ancien orphelinat, la cour de Justice de Paix et l'église St-Géry."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean-Pol Grandmont, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2005 by Jean-Pol Grandmont [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boussu_050817_(32).jpg] [accessed 14 March 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - monument

Source caption: "le mausolée Renaissance de Jean Hennin-Liétard, comte de Boussu et d'Anne de Bourgogne son épouse (Sculpteur: Jacques du Broeucq - XVIe siècle)" [NB: this monument is inside the funerary chapel of the "seigneurs de Boussu"; the original chapel dates from the 12thC, but was re-built in the 16thC -- the old font basin is now kept in this chapel]
Scene Description: Source caption: "le mausolée Renaissance de Jean Hennin-Liétard, comte de Boussu et d'Anne de Bourgogne son épouse (Sculpteur: Jacques du Broeucq - XVIe siècle)" [NB: this monument is inside the funerary chapel of the "seigneurs de Boussu"; the original chapel dates from the 12thC, but was re-built in the 16thC -- the old font basin is now kept in this chapel]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean-Pol Grandmont, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2005 by Jean-Pol Grandmont [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boussu_JPG00c.jpg] [accessed 14 March 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 19760BOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1160?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Namur font / affiliation Beauchevain [Ghislain]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Géry de Boussu
Font Location in Church: inside the funerary chapel of the "seigneurs de Boussu"
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Géry (Djèri, Gau, Gaugericus, Gorik, bishop of Cambrai)
Church Notes: present church 17thC
Church Address: Rue Léon Figue 6, 7300 Boussu, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 65 79 42 91
Site Location: Hainaut / Henegouwen, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N51, 10-12 km W of Mons, 15 km from the French border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Cambrais
Additional Comments: disused font / damaged font (only the basin of the old font has survived)
Font Notes:
Catalogued and illustrated in Ghislain (2009) as the surving basin of a baptismal font of the Namurois group, filiation Beauvechain, made of limestone (calcaire de Meuse) ca. 1160; the basin had been built into one of the walls of the church, from which it was removed in 1969, and installed in the funerary chapel; the basin is square with a round inner basin, at the mouth of which is a faint decoration of foliage; the outer sides of the basin are decorated with a blind arcade of round arches; there is a metal staple in a spandrels of the basin opening, the spandrels themselves being decorated with foliage; Ghislain (ibid.) remarks on detail similarities with the fonts at Mercken (M.R.A.H., Bruxelles), Saint-Sevérin-en-Condroz, Achêne, etc.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 556438 5587173
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.433864, 3.794681
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 26′ 1.91″ N, 3° 47′ 40.85″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (calcaire de Meuse)
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (inside rim): 50-51.5 cm**
Basin Depth: 27 cm**
Basin Total Height: 43 cm* / 43 cm**
Trapezoidal Basin: 69 x 74 cm* / 68 x 69 x 73 x 76 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * as given in KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium) / ** Ghislain (2009)

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Ghislain, Jean-Claude, Les fonts baptismaux romans en pierre bleue des ateliers du Namurois (ca. 1150-1175), Namur: Musée provincial des arts anciens du Namurois, 2009, catalogue entry no. 6, p. 56-57