Helchteren / Houthalen-Helchteren
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head, face or mask
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: digital image [edited] of a 1945 B&W photograph [cliché A086633] by the Commissariaat generaal voor de Passieve Luchtbescherming [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/77124] [accessed 17 July 2022]
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view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2022
Image Source: digital image [edited] of a 1945 B&W photograph [cliché A086632] by the Commissariaat generaal voor de Passieve Luchtbescherming [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/77124] [accessed 17 July 2022]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
![Source caption: " Sint-Trudokerk in Helchteren" [NB: present church is a re-building of 1897 with later restorations]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1220324001_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: " Sint-Trudokerk in Helchteren" [NB: present church is a re-building of 1897 with later restorations]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sonuwe, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 21 July 2007 by Sonuwe [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helchteren_-_Sint-Trudokerk.jpg] [accessed 24 March 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23841HEL
Object Type: Stoup?
Church/Chapel: Parochiekerk Sint-Trudo
Church Patron Saints: St. Trudo
Church Location: Kerkstraat 2, 3530 Houthalen-Helchteren, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Limburg, Vlaanderen / Flandres
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N715-N719 crossroads, in the new municipality of Houthalen-Helchteren, N of highway E314, about 15 km N of Hasselt
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this stoup to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: church mentioned in 1178; burned down 1365; re--built in stone pre-1400; partly demolished 1890; re-built 1897; modified 1909; damaged in WWII
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Inventaris / Vlaanderen is erfgoed [https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/80625] [accessed 24 March 2022] reports two fonts in this church: the font in use is a lofty metal one of late-18th century date, but there is also an older stone basin from the 12th century [+"Doopvont in rood en geel koper (eind 18de eeuw, Lodewijk XVI-stijl), met drie rustende leeuwtjes onder de ronde voet, balustervormige stam met knoop in vaasvorm, voorstelling van Sint-Jan-de-Doper op het deksel, rond bol van deksel slang van het Paradijs met de appel van goed en kwaad; op de vier hoeken met maskers versierd, hardstenen bekken van een oudere doopvont uit de 12de eeuw."]. This may be the same stoup listed and illustrated In BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/77124] [accessed 17 July 2022], made of stone between 1101 and 1300.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.055758, 5.38405
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 3′ 20.73″ N, 5° 23′ 2.58″ E
UTM: 31U 667077 5658730
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Basin Total Height: 16 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BALaT KIK-IRPA