Mechelen nr. Antwerp No. 2 / Malines / Mecheln / Mechlin
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Results: 7 records
angel - cherub - 4
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 14 May 2022 by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 14 Masy 2022)
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sint-Janskerk (Mechelen) 13-09-2018"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Hermans, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 13 September 2018 by Paul Hermans [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sint-Janskerk_(Mechelen)_13-09-2018_15-16-49.jpg] [accessed 20 May 2022]
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view of church exterior - west end
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sint-Janskerk (Mechelen) 13-09-2018"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Hermans, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 13 September 2018 by Paul Hermans [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sint-Janskerk_(Mechelen)_13-09-2018_15-11-50.jpg] [accessed 20 May 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sint-Janskerk (Mechelen) kerkschip 13-09-2018"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Hermans, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 13 September 2018 by Paul Hermans [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sint-Janskerk_(Mechelen)_13-09-2018_14-36-20.jpg] [accessed 20 May 2022]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1945 B&W photograph [cliché A086683] by the Commissariaat generaal voor de Passieve Luchtbescherming, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/22566] [accessed 20 May 2022]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the disused 17thC font inside the disused baptistery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 14 May 2022 by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 14 Masy 2022)
view of font in context - upper view
Scene Description: the disused 17thC font inside the disused baptistery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 14 May 2022 by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 14 Masy 2022)
INFORMATION
FontID: 23975MEC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Sint-Janskerk / Parochiekerk Sint-Jan Baptist en Evangelist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist & St. John the Evangelist
Church Location: Sint-Janskerkhof, 7-47, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Antwerp, Vlaanderen / Flandres
Directions to Site: Located in the centre of town, about 150 yards NW of the cathedral. Mechelen is about 20 km S of Antwerp
Ecclesiastic Region: Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 17th century, Baroque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: 13thC chapel; extended 14thC; re-built 15thC as full parochial church; damaged 1546; looted 1566; used as barracks by Spanish army in 1572; fully restored early-21stC
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/22566] [accessed 20 May 2022] as a baptismal font made of stone in the 17th-century. The font consists of a wide and shallow round basin raised on a baluster-shaped pedestal base; the pedestal base has four cherub heads set at 90-degree angels about halfway down; the tiny lower base is moulded. The entry for this church in the Vlaanderen Onroerend Erfgoed [https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/59217] [accessed 20 May 2022] mentions no font in it.
A communication from Pol Herman to BSI (e-mail of 15 May 2022) notes: "To the northwest of the entrance, under the tower, is a baptismal chapel, which is no longer in use. The baroque baptismal font in black limestone (also fallen into disuse) dates from the seventeenth century. Its baluster column is decorated with 4 heads. The baptismal chapel is closed to the public and is used as a storage place and as a technical room for electrical cabinets [cf. ImagesArea], so that its historical value is lost."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.030278, 4.480833
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 1′ 49″ N, 4° 28′ 51″ E
UTM: 31U 603839 5654235
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Font Height (less Plinth): 95 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BALaT KIK-IRPA
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. ImagesArea]