Steenvoorde

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inscription - detail

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view of church exterior - east view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise Saint-Pierre in Steenvoorde, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © LimoWreck, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 1 April 2007 by LimoWreck [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steenvoorde_-_Eglise_Saint-Pierre_3.jpg] [accessed 15 May 2022]
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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Steenvoorde (département du Nord, France) : la Rue de l'Église et la tour de l'église Saint-Pierre"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Marc Ryckaert, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 7 April 2015 by Marc Ryckaert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steenvoorde_Rue_Eglise_R01.jpg] [accessed 15 May 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: " Eglise Saint-Pierre. Steenvoorde. Hauts-de-France., Nord. France. Intérieur, la nef."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © PMRMaeyaert, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 5 February 2022 by PMRMaeyaert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PM_142660_F_Steenvoorde.jpg] [accessed 15 May 2022]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 23963STE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1658
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid?), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: first stone church 11thC; re-built 15thC; tower added 1500-1530; church pillaged 15 August 1566; restored 1569; burned down 1578; church and village in ruins after the battle between the Duc de Parme and the Duc d'Alençon in 1583; restored 1600; church and villaged damaged again in "les années de Condé" in 1644; re-buil 1664;
Church Address: 28 Pl. Saint-Pierre, 59114 Steenvoorde, France -- Tel.: +33 3 28 43 32 20
Site Location: Nord, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D947 [aka rue d'Hondschoote], about 10 km NNE of Hazebrouck, 3 km W of the border with Belgium
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Lille
Historical Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Flandre française / Pays de L'Alloeu
Additional Comments: disappeared / destroyed font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
Listed and illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP59W01756]: "Cuvette des fonts baptismaux, vue générale [...] 3e quart 17e siècle
The present font is mentioned in Pormenaz [http://pormenaz.free.fr/Steenvoorde.php] [accessed 15 May 2022]: "des fonts baptismaux de 1658. Sa cuve est en marbre noir. On peut y lire les inscriptions : dit spas va is gegeve door iosyne top via ian van daele overleeden 9 bre 1658 bidt voor de siele l bacq fecit insul." The entry for this churfch in NordEscapade [https://nord-escapade.com/poste/eglise-saint-pierre-steenvoorde/] [accessed 15 May 2022] notes: "Les fonts baptismaux (1658). Placés dans une jolie chapelle éclairée par des vitraux, ils sont en marbre noir et portent une inscription qui fait le tour de la cuve, relatant les noms des donateurs, de l’exécutant, et l’année de donation. Le couvercle a été refait après 1918."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 470501 5628913
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.810672, 2.5823319
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 48' 38.4192" N, 2° 34' 56.3948" E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (black)
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Location: around the upper rim of the basin
Inscription Text: "DIT SPAS VA IS GEGEVE DOOR IOSYNE TOP VIA IAN VAN DAELE OVERLEEDEN 9 BRE 1658 BIDT VOOR DE SIELE L BACQ FECIT INSUL"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Date: [cf. FontNotes]
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]