Vergnies No. 1 / Vergnîye

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view of basin and lower base

Scene Description: Source caption: "le pied et la cuve sans le fût" -- notice the large drain hole in the centre of the lower base

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2022

Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W negative [cliché M004740] by the Commission royale des Monuments et des Sites, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/100711348] [accessed 16 October 2022]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Vergnies kerk Saint-Martin in de sneeuw"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eebie, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2017 by Eebie [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vergnies_Eglise2.jpg] [accessed 16 October 2022]

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view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kerk Saint-Martin Vergnies in de winter"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eebie, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2017 by Eebie [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vergnies_Eglise2.jpg] [accessed 16 October 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 negative [cliché B090003] by the Commissariat général à la Protection aérienne passive, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10071134] [accessed 16 October 2022]

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view of font

Scene Description: notice the basin inserted in the inner basin of the font; notice also the wall-mounted stoup to the left of the main font [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © cupertino, 2022

Image Source: digital photograph by cupertino [https://p0.storage.canalblog.com/01/81/1714076/130646255.jpg] [accessed 16 October 2022]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: notice the basin inserted in the inner basin of the font; notice also the wall-mounted stoup to the left of the main font [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © cupertino, 2022

Image Source: digital photograph by cupertino [https://p0.storage.canalblog.com/01/81/1714076/130646255.jpg] [accessed 16 October 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24374VER
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Vergnies, 6440 Froidchapelle, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Hainaut / Henegouwen, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the N40 [aka chau. de Beaumont], in the municipality and 5-6 km N of Froidchapelle, 5-6 km SE of Beaumont and the French border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tournai
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
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: chapel here documented 1207 but probably built much earlier; documented as an independent chapel ["quarte-chapelle"] in 1444; modified 16thC; restored 1937
Noted and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10071134] [accessed 16 October 2022] as a stone baptismal font of ca. 1201-1300; the font consists of a square-to-round basin raised on a cylindrical stem and a round-to-square lower base; the basin has large leaf decoration on the underbowl chamfer; the stem has a roll moulding at each end; the lower base has leaf motifs at the corners. No cover present. Noted and illustrated in cupertino [https://p0.storage.canalblog.com/01/81/1714076/130646255.jpg] [accessed 16 October 2022]. [NB: although not stated explicitely in the sources this font may have been disused and removed from the church, but later restored]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.198614, 4.305911
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 11′ 55.01″ N, 4° 18′ 21.28″ E
UTM: 31U 593203 5561530

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: 3
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Font Height (less Plinth): 87 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BALaT KIK-IRPA