Strijpen

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "Strijpen, de Sint Andreaskerk"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Strijpen, de Sint Andreaskerk"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michielverbeek, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 7 May 2013 by Michielverbeek [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strijpen,_de_Sint_Andreskapel_oeg9831_positie3_foto2_2013-05-07_12.44.jpg] [accessed 29 May 2022]
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view of church exterior in context - west view

Source caption: " Afbraak Sint-Andreaskerk Strijpen 1897" [NB: the medieval church about to be demolished]
Scene Description: Source caption: " Afbraak Sint-Andreaskerk Strijpen 1897" [NB: the medieval church about to be demolished]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © FrDr, 2021
Image Source: digital image 25 August 2021 by FrDr of a 1897 B&W photograph [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Afbraak_Sint-Andreaskerk_Strijpen_1897.jpg] [accessed 29 May 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of font and cover

Source caption: "Strijpen, parochiekerk Sint-Andries. Zottegem. Oost-Vlaanderen. Belgium. De doopvont, 17e eeuw." [NB: the font was later altered shortening the lower half of the stem, and removing the side crane of the cover]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Strijpen, parochiekerk Sint-Andries. Zottegem. Oost-Vlaanderen. Belgium. De doopvont, 17e eeuw." [NB: the font was later altered shortening the lower half of the stem, and removing the side crane of the cover]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © PMRMaeyaert, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 31 January 2021 by PMRMaeyaert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PM_133587_E_Strijpen.jpg] [accessed 29 May 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1970 B&W photograph [cliché M032068] by Lic De Rammelaere / KIK [http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?objnr=85402] [accessed 30 May 2022]
Copyright Instructions: Reproduced in accordance with KIK-IRPA guidelines

INFORMATION

FontID: 23993STR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Sint-Andreaskerk / Sint-Andrieskerk
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Strijpenplein 1, 9620 Zottegem, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Oost-Vlaanderen / Flandre Est, Vlaanderen / Flandres
Directions to Site: Located off local road N454 [aka Sint-Andriesteenweg], E of Zottegem, S of Ghent
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century, Baroque
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: 12thC church here, first mentioned 1162, was mother church to those at Zottegem and Erwetegem; present church 1897-1898 -- Listed [https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/9833]
Font Notes:
Present font is noted and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/85402] [accessed 29 May 2022] as a baptismal font of stome ["marmer"]; a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a slender baluster-type moulded pedestal base. Metal font cover of moulded dome shape with ball finial; side crane apparatus [NB: the latter removed at some point after 1970]. [NB: the entry above gives two heights: 123 cm and 177 cm, which presumably refers to the font and the font and cover]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.86802, 3.78738
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 52′ 4.87″ N, 3° 47′ 14.57″ E
UTM: 31U 555406 5635444

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 123 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal
Apparatus: yes; side crane [cf. FontNotes]
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]