Baardegem No. 2
Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2022
Reproduced in accordance with KIK-IRPA guidelines
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1945 B&W photograph by the Commissariaat generaal voor de Passieve Luchtbescherming, [cliché B097805] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/46449] [accessed 23 April 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23888BAA
Church/Chapel: Parochiekerk Sint-Margaretha Baardegem
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Location: Baardegem-Dorp 41, 9310 Aalst, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Oost-Vlaanderen / Flandre Est, Vlaanderen / Flandres
Directions to Site: Located off (S) road N411 [aka Baardegem-Dorp], in the municipality an 8-10 km ENE of Aalst, 18-20 km NW of Brussles city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Gent
Historical Region: Brabantgouw / Duchy of Lorraine / Duchy of Brabant
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century(early?),
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The BALaT KIK-IRPA entry for this church [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/46449] [accessed 23 April 2022] lists and illustrated a baptismal font of between 1501 and 1510 consisting of a basin and stand made of metal and a lower base and plinth made of sanstone; the font cover, a small dome with an orbe-and-cross finial is made of metal. [cf. BSI entry for Baardegem No. 1 for fragments of the medieval font of this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
50.954883,
4.141834
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 57′ 17.58″ N,
4° 8′ 30.6″ E
UTM: 31U 580199 5645428
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone & metal, sandstone and metal
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (with Plinth): 113 cm* [probably includes the cover]
Notes on Measurements: * BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/46449]
LID INFORMATION
Material:
stone & metal,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]