Vergnies No. 2 / Vergnîye
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design element - patterns - piping or ribbed
view of stoup in context
INFORMATION
FontID: 24375VER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
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, wall-mounted
Century and Period: 16th century
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10071135] [accessed 16 October 2022] as a baptismal font dating possibly between 1501 and 1600; it was formerly a wall-mounted holy-water stoup made later into a font; it has a cover topped with a Latin cross. [NB: it appears that the former wall-mounted stoup was provided with a cover and used for baptisms when the main medieval font was not in use in this church].
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: 1
Font Shape: hemispheric (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Basin Total Height: 52 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BALaT KIK-IRPA
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]