Zonhoven No. 2 / Zonôf

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design element - motifs - moulding - patterned

Scene Description: the motifs at the angles
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Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken in 1943 by the Commissariaat Generaal voor 's Lands Wederopbouw [KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), cliché A042171]
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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel

Scene Description: view of the basin showing two of the four heads and part of the inscription
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inscription

Scene Description: first part
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inscription

Scene Description: second part
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human figure - female - head - wearing headdress and wimple - 4

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - spur - 4

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view of stoup

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 19825ZON
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1526
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Kerk Sint-Kwinten / Sint-Quintinuskerk / Église paroissiale Saint-Quentin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Quentin [aka Quentin of Amiens, Quintin, Quintinus]
Church Address: Heuvenstraat 2, 3520 Zonhoven, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 11 74 00 13
Site Location: Limburg, Brabant, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N715, 9-10 km N of Hasselt
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Liège
Historical Region: La Campine
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in the BALaT database, KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium) [no. 77794], as a holy-water stoup of limestone dated by en inscription to 1526; the stoup consists of an octagonal moulded basin with four heads at 90-degree angles; the human heads appear to be female and wearing headgear with a wimple; there is marked centre-ring moulding with floral (?) decoration at the eight angles; the lower base is octagonal-to-square, with spurs (?) at the angles. The inscription runs on two sides of the upper basin side.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 666181 5651550
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.99151, 5.36798
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 59′ 29.44″ N, 5° 22′ 4.73″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 103 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium) [no. 77794]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on two sides of the upper basin side
Inscription Text: "ZONHOVEN [...] / ANNO 1526"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: BALaT database, KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium) [no. 77794]