Outgaarden No. 2

Results: 4 records

view of base

view of basin

view of font and cover

view of font cover

INFORMATION

FontID: 19774OUT
Church/Chapel: Kerk Sint-Niklaas / Eglise paroissiale Saint-Nicolas
Church Location: Kerkstraat, 3321 Outgaarden, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Brabant Wallon / Wallon Brabant, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Hoegaarden, near Louvain
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Liège
Century and Period: 16th century,
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]