Templeuve / Templueve / Templeuve-lez-Dossemer / Timpleuf

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view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: 19thC neo-Gothic

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [négatif monochrome] [ref.: 10058054] taken in 1977, in I.R.P.A. [http://balat.kikirpa.be/image/thumbnail/M256600.jpg] [accessed 30 October 2016]

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view of font and cover in context

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [négatif monochrome] [ref.: 10058107] taken in 1977, in I.R.P.A. [http://balat.kikirpa.be/image/thumbnail/M256591.jpg] [accessed 30 October 2016]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20781TEM

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Etienne

Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen

Church Location: 7520 Templeuve, Tournai, Belgium

Country Name: Belgium

Location: Hainaut / Henegouwen, Wallonie / Wallonne

Directions to Site: Templeuve is now part of Tournai, equidistant [10 km] between the latter and Rubaix

Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: original church built 12thC; demolished 1874; new church started 1868 but turned out to have many problems until its demolition in 1998;

Font Notes: Click to view

A baptismal font made of marble and dated "1701 (uncertain) - 1801 (uncertain)" is noted and illustrated in the BALaT KIK-IRPA site [http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=M256591&objnr=10058107&nr=19] [accessed 30 October 2016] [NB: we have no information on the original font of the church here, but there are pre-1600 objects identified for this church]]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th century?

Material: metal, brass

Apparatus: no

Notes: bell-shaped, with orb-and-cross finial