Florennes / Florene / Florène

Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2022
Imaged and permission received from the author (e-mail of 6 March 2022)
Results: 7 records
design element - patterns - reticular
human figure - head - male - bearded - long hair
human figure - head - male - bearded - wearing hat
information
view of basin
view of basin
view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Florennes (Belgique) - Saint-Gengulphe (ou Gangulphe) [l’église-collégiale] - chevet." -- was this the church whence the museum font originated?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jmh2o, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 22 July 2016 by Jmh2o [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Florennes_-_Saint-Gengulphe_-_chevet_-_01.jpg] [accessed 11 March 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 23811FLO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Museum and Inventory Number: Musée des arts anciens du Namurois, Namur
Church/Chapel: [original church unknown]
Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates given for the town centre] 5620 Florennes, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Namur, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Florennes is located off the N98 and N975 crossroads, about 10 km SSE of Gerpinnes, about 20 km SE of Charleroi
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention, for his help in documenting it and for his photographs
Font Notes:
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A communication from Pol Herman to BSI (e-mail of 6 March 2022) notes and illustrates the basin of a font made of limestone in the 16th century, orignally from Florennes (church unknown), today in the Musée des arts anciens du Namurois at Namur. The basin is round, decorated with four human heads at 90-degree angles, with reticular pattern between them; base missing. No cover present.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 615257 5567678
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round