Ixelles / Elsene

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view of church exterior in context - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ixelles (Belgique), église abbatiale (XIVe siècle) et jardins de l'ancienne Abbaye de la Cambre."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean-Pol Grandmont, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 February 2009 by Jean-Pol Grandmont [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:00_Ixelles_-_Abbaye_-_La_Cambre_1.JPG] [accessed 10 February 2021]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

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Image Source: digital image [cliché X133891] taken in 2019 by Barbara Felfenbauer, IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/20006313] [accessed 10 February 2021]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: a replica font made of plaster [was this made of an original font? if so, which?]

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Image Source: digital image [cliché X133973] taken in 2019 by Barbara Felfenbauer, IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/11049903] [accessed 10 February 2021]

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the modern font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2021

Image Source: digital image [cliché X133890] taken in 2019 by Barbara Felfenbauer, IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/20006313] [accessed 10 February 2021]

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the modern font

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Image Source: digital image [20006313] of a 1971 B&W negative [cliché M070473] by Cécile Octors, KIK [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/20006313] [accessed 10 February 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23152IXE
Church/Chapel: Kerk O.L.Vrouw ter Kameren en Sint-Philippus Nerius [aka Onze-Lieve-Vrouw La Cambre and Sint-Philippus Neriuskerk]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Philip Neri
Church Location: Abdij ter Kameren, 1050 Elsene / Ixelles, België / Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Bruxelles, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest ou Brussel
Directions to Site: Located off the R21-N24 crossroads, about 4 km SE of Brussels historic centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Malines-Bruxelles
Century and Period: 13th century, Early Gothic
Cognate Fonts: a replica made? [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: original abbey church ca. 1232; much modified 14thC; expropriated 1796; became parochial 1810
The present baptismal font in this re-built church is modern, made by J. Stoffeyn in 1934 -- it is 100.5 cm tall and 99.5 cm broad -- the font is in a style reminiscent of the medieval table-top fonts in the area and has Biblical scenes on the basin sides: Baptism of Christ, Temptation and Fall and Christ's Passion [NB: there is also a plater replica of a somewhat similar font, probably of an original font by J. Soffeyn in 1934]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 49′ 7.32″ N, 4° 22′ 30.47″ E