Opbrakel
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Results: 9 records
design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1945 B&W photograph [cliché B091065] by Commissariaat generaal voor de Passieve Luchtbescherming, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/17782] [accessed 1 June 2022]
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human figure - male - head - crowned - bearded
Scene Description: the head gear could be a crown or a hat with several points
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1945 B&W photograph [cliché B091066] by Commissariaat generaal voor de Passieve Luchtbescherming, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/17782] [accessed 1 June 2022]
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symbols - fruit - acanthus or grapevine
Scene Description: probably grape bunches rather than arum
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1945 B&W photograph [cliché B091065] by Commissariaat generaal voor de Passieve Luchtbescherming, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/17782] [accessed 1 June 2022]
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symbols - leaf - acanthus or grapevine
Scene Description: since fruit bunches [grape?] appear nearby, probably a grapevine leaf
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1945 B&W photograph [cliché B091065] by Commissariaat generaal voor de Passieve Luchtbescherming, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/17782] [accessed 1 June 2022]
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view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1945 B&W photograph [cliché B091066] by Commissariaat generaal voor de Passieve Luchtbescherming, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/17782] [accessed 1 June 2022]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sint-Martinuskerk Opbrakel"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Queeste, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2014 by Queeste [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sint-Martinuskerk_Opbrakel.JPG] [accessed 1 June 2022]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sint-Martinuskerk - Sint-Martensstraat - Opbrakel - Brakel - Oost-Vlaanderen - België"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Spotter2, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 12 April 2017 by Spotter2 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sint-Martinuskerk_in_Opbrakel_(2017).jpg] [accessed 1 June 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: " Opbrakel, Sint-Martinuskerk. Brakel. Oost-Vlaanderen. Belgium. Binnenzicht."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © PMRMaeyaert, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 11 March 2022 by PMRMaeyaert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PM_143283_B_Opbrakel.jpg] [accessed 1 June 2022]
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1945 B&W photograph [cliché B091064] by Commissariaat generaal voor de Passieve Luchtbescherming, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/17782] [accessed 1 June 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23996OPB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parochiekerk Sint-Martinus van Opbrakel
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Sint-Martensstraat, 9660 Brakel, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Oost-Vlaanderen / Flandre Est, Vlaanderen / Flandres
Directions to Site: Located S of the N48 [aka Rosesestraat], in the municipality and 1-2 km SW of Brakel, 10 km ENE of Ronse, about 45 km W of Brussels
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
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: church in place by the 11thC owned by the abbey of Ename; church orientation deviates towards the north; modified 13thC; -- listed church [Onroerend erfgoed number 74020]
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/17782] [accessed 1 June 2022] as a baptismal font made of limestone in the 12th century. The entry for this church in the Onroerend Erfgoed [https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/74020] [accessed 1 June 2022] suggests a date in the 15th century for this font.
A communication from Pol Herman to BSI (e-mail of 19 May 2022) suggested cognate fonts at Smeerebbe-Vloerzegem, Waarbeke, Sint-Maria-Oudenhove and Nieuwenhove, in the same area.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.79282, 3.74774
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 47′ 34.15″ N, 3° 44′ 51.86″ E
UTM: 31U 552702 5627053
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BALaT KIK-IRPA