Outgaarden No. 2 / Outchâr / Outchard
Results: 4 records
view of font and cover
view of basin
view of base
view of font cover
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19774OUT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, [composite font]
Church / Chapel Name: Kerk Sint-Niklaas / Église paroissiale Saint-Nicolas
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Address: Kerkstraat, 3321 Outgaarden, Belgium
Site Location: Brabant Wallon / Wallon Brabant, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N29-E40 crossroads, in the municipality and 2-3 km SE of Hoegaarden, about 22 km SE of Louvain
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Liège
Additional Comments: composite font? (the parts of the font do not seem to belong together)
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in BALaT (Belgian Art Links and Tools) [http://balat.kikirpa.be] [accessed 20 March 2015]. Baptismal font apparently of a composite nature, consisting of a cylindrical basin with a plain tall chamfer at the underbowl; raised on a plain cylindrical stem of a different kind of stone, and a round-to-square lower base of yet another kind of stone; the small plinth may be the same block/stone as the moulded lower base. Later-date (18th-19th century) wooden cover. [cf. Index entry for Outgaarden No. 1 for the remaining lower base of a 12th-century font].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (basin only?)
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: 18th - 19th century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]