Brussels No. 14 / Bruxelles
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 14 May 2017)
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view of font
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 March 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 14 May 2017)
view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: the mid-19thC church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 March 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 14 May 2017)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 21223BRU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1216?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Early Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Gilles de Bruxelles / Sint-Gilliskerk
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Church Notes: original church of the village of Obbrussel [aka Saint-Gilles] in 1216; destroyed 1578; re-built 1595 but not completed until 1756; demolished 1866 to buuild larger church; present church completed 1880
Church Address: Parvis Saint-Gilles / Sint Gillisvoorplein, 1060 Saint-Gilles, Belgium
Site Location: Bruxelles, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest ou Brussel, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Parvis de Saint-Gilles / Sint Gillisvoorplein, off the Av. Jean Volders, near the Gare de Bruxelles-Midi and now part of Bruxelles-Capitale, SSW of the city centre [Saint-Gilles was a separate village in medieval times]
Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiocèse de Malines-Bruxelles
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval parish church here)
Font Notes:
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The present font in this church is modern [NB: we have no information on the font of the original medieval church here]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and modern font
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.830598, 4.343773
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 49′ 50.15″ N, 4° 20′ 37.58″ E