Oplinter No. 2
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2015
Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1975 by the Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium = Institut royal du Patrimoine artistique [KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), cliché M234276]
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view of font base
![the wooden base [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1150410021_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the wooden base [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2015
Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken in 1975 by the Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium = Institut royal du Patrimoine artistique [KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), cliché M234276]
Copyright Instructions: Reproduced in accordance with KIK-IRPA guidelines
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19814OPL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1601-1650?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Sint-Genoveva parochiekerk / Oplinter Sint-Genovevakerk
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Genevieve [aka Genofeva, Genoveva]
Church Address: Sint-Genovevaplein 40, 3300 Tienen, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 16 81 15 71
Site Location: Vlaams-Brabant / Bravant Flamand, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Oplinter is located off the N29, in the municipality and 4-5 km NE of Tirlemont/Tienen
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Liège
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in the BALaT database, KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), as a mixed-material (wood and copper) baptismal font of the first half of the 17th century; the font consists of a tiny hemispherical basin of copper surmounted by a tall staged cover of the same metal; these two parts are supported on a turned and carved wooden pedestal. [cf. Index entry for Oplinter No. 1 for the basin of a 12th-century font from this church, now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lille].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: Metal and wood, copper and [?]
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Notes on Measurements: [NB: total height with cover: 186.5 cm] [source: KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium)]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th century?
Material: metal, copper
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]