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view of church exterior in context - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Eecke (Nord, Fr) l'église et le klockhuis"
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Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 16 July 2013 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eecke_(Nord,_Fr)_l'église_et_le_klockhuis.JPG] [accessed 8 May 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: 'Église Saint Wulmar d'Eecke"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wernervc, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 21 July 2016 by Wernervc [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eecke_Churchyard-15.jpg] [accessed 8 May 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23926EEC
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Wulmar d'Eecke
Church Patron Saints: St. Wulmar [aka Wulmer, Vulmar (7thC abbot from Boulogne)] [priginally dedicated to Sainte Dorothée]
Church Location: 22 rue de la Mairie, 59114 Eecke, France -- Tel.: +33 3 28 40 10 02
Country Name: France
Location: Nord, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off the D947 [aka CD947], 2 km NNW of Caëstre, 33 km SE of Dunkerque, 36 km NNW of Lille.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Ypres [formerly in the Diocèse de Thérouanne]
Historical Region: Flandre Intérieure / Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: original church early-13thC(?); 16thC church; modified 1714
Baptismal font in this church listed in Palissy [ref.: PM59009064]: "Fonts baptismaux en pierre de Tournai. Couvercle en bois et statue en plâtre. [...] 16e siècle [...] H = 120 ; la = 75 [...] Figurine de saint Jean-Baptiste au sommet du couvercle." Noted in Kees de Wildt's Doopvont de Beeldenstorm (2018: 114-120) as one of a number of baptismal fonts of the Westerkwartier (then part of Flanders, later in France) having been desecrated, damaged or destroyed during the Iconoclastic Fury of 1566.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
50.778142,
2.596133
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 46′ 41.31″ N,
2° 35′ 46.08″ E
UTM: 31U 471526 5625232
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)
Font Height (less Plinth): 120 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 75 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM59009064]
LID INFORMATION
Date: [cf. FontNotes]
Material:
wood,
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
De Wildt, Kees, "Doopvont in de Beeldenstorm", Nederlandse Kerkgeschiedenis, 21, Tijdschrift voor, 2018, pp. 114-120.