Mechelen nr. Anywerp No. 1 / Malines / Mecheln / Mechlin
Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2022
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view of font and cover - upper view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 14 May 2022 by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 15 May 2022)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 14 May 2022 by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 15 May 2022)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1942 B&W photograph by Commissariaat Generaal voor 's Lands Wederopbouw, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/24787] [accessed 20 May 2022];
Copyright Instructions: Reproduced in accordance with KIK-IRPA guidelines
view of font - west side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 January 2019 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 October 2019)
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the moden font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 January 2019 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 3 September 2019)
view of font and cover - upper view
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 January 2019 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 3 September 2019)
view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 January 2019 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 October 2019)
view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 January 2019 by Colin Smith
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: the church behind De Grote Markt, Mechelen
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 January 2019 by Colin Smith
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view of church exterior in context - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St-Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen (Flanders, Belgium) as seen from the tower of the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-over-de-Dijlekerk (Church of Our Lady across the river Dijle). To the right Parochiekerk Sint-Jan-Baptist-en-Evangelist (St-John's Church)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ad Meskens, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2013 by Ad Meskens [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Rombouts_Cathedral_from_the_Church_of_Our_Lady_across_the_Dijle_01.JPG] [accessed 3 September 2019]
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 14 May 2022 by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 15 May 2022)
view of font and cover in context - west side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 January 2019 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 October 2019)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 January 2019 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 3 September 2019)
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the modern font in the baptistery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 January 2019 by Colin Smith
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view of church interior - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zairon, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 April 2016 by Zairon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mechelen_Kathedraal_Sint_Rombout_Innen_Langhaus_West_1.jpg] [accessed 3 September 2019]
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view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zairon, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 April 2016 by Zairon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mechelen_Kathedraal_Sint_Rombout_Innen_Langhaus_Ost_1.jpg] [accessed 3 September 2019]
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view of base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 14 May 2022 by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 15 May 2022)
view of base - west side - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 January 2019 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 October 2019)
view of font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 January 2019 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 October 2019)
view of font cover
Scene Description: the modern cover on the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 January 2019 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 3 September 2019)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 22317MEC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Sint-Romboutskathedraal
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Rumbold of Mechlin [aka Rombault, Rombout, Rumold, Romuold, Rumbaldus, Rumboldus, Rumwaldus] [feast day: 24 June]
Church Notes: present church started after 1200, consecrated 1312; later additions and modifications
Church Address: Onder-Den-Toren 12, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium
Site Location: Antwerp, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the very centre of town, behind De Grote Markt; Mechelen is about 20 km S of Antwerp
Ecclesiastic Region: Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels
Additional Comments: disused font (the 17thC font [cf. FontNotes]) -- disappeared font? (the one from the original ca. 1200 church here)
Font Notes:
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The present baptismal font in this church is noted and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/24787] [accessed 20 May 2022]; it consists of a shallow round basin decorated with a torus-scotia combination all around, and a gadrooned pattern all around the underbowl; it is raised on five columns, a broad baluster-shaped central shaft and four slender colonnette at 90-degree angles, all with moulded capitals and bases, on a moulded cross-shaped lower base; the material appears to be a dark marble. Low-dome font cover made of brass with pine-cone finial.
A communication from Pol Herman to BSI (15 May 2022) notes: "Black limestone baroque baptismal font with brass lid [...] The font is not used anymore and serves as decoration in this tourist hotspot." [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].
A communication from Pol Herman to BSI (15 May 2022) notes: "Black limestone baroque baptismal font with brass lid [...] The font is not used anymore and serves as decoration in this tourist hotspot." [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font. We are also grateful to Pol Herman for his photographs and for his help documenting the font, and to Bram Van der Auwera for confirming the correct dedication of the church
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 603667 5654077
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.028889, 4.478333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 1′ 44″ N, 4° 28′ 42″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Notes on Measurements: BALaT KIK-IRPA gives the height as 145 cm but it probably includes the height of the cover in it
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal, brass? and/or copper?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]