Villers-la-Ville No. 2 / Vilé-l'-Veye / Villers la Ville
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2015
Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1945 by the Commissariat général à la Protection aérienne passive [KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), cliché A078299]
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design element - motifs - parallel
Scene Description: many all down the pedestal base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2015
Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1945 by the Commissariat général à la Protection aérienne passive [KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), cliché A078299]
Copyright Instructions: Reproduced in accordance with KIK-IRPA guidelines
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2015
Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1945 by the Commissariat général à la Protection aérienne passive [KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), cliché A078299]
Copyright Instructions: Reproduced in accordance with KIK-IRPA guidelines
INFORMATION
FontID: 19822VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Église Notre-Dame de la Visitation de Villers-la-Ville
Church Patron Saints: The Visitation of St. Mary
Church Location: Rue du Sart 20, Villers-la-Ville, Belgium -- Tel.: 071 87 73 27
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Brabant Wallon / Wallon Brabant, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Villers-la-Ville is located of the N93-N5 junction, 2 km from Charleroi, SSE of Brussels
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Liège
Historical Region: Brabant
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1500-1599?
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in the BALaT database entry, KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), as a baptismal font of ther 16th century in this church; the font consists of an octagonal basin moulded around the side, raised on an octagonal moulded pedestal base; there are two metal staples at opposite sides of the basin top, but no cover present; there appears to be a metal liner in the inner well.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.577487, 4.529734
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 34′ 38.95″ N, 4° 31′ 47.04″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 113 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium)
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]