Braine-l'Alleud No. 2 / Brinne-l'-Alou / Eigenbrakel

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Source caption: "The choir side of St Stephen Church, Braine-l'Alleud (Belgium). This place served as hospital after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815"
Scene Description: Source caption: "The choir side of St Stephen Church, Braine-l'Alleud (Belgium). This place served as hospital after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jacquesverlaeken, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 21 October 2014 by Jacquesverlaeken [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Braine-lAlleud_St_Stephen_Church_Choir.JPG] [accessed 24 February 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2023
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [cliché M073733] by Maurice Broeckaert, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10000294] [accessed 24 February 2023]
Copyright Instructions: Reproduced in accordance with KIK-IRPA guidelines

INFORMATION

FontID: 24599BRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Paroisse Saint-Etienne de Braine-l'Alleud
Church Location: Pl. Abbé Renard, 1420 Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 2 384 25 12
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Brabant Wallon / Wallon Brabant, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N5 and Waterloo, 12 km N of Nivelles, about 20 km S of Brussels
Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiocèse de Malines-Bruxelles
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century, Renaissance
Church Notes: mid-16thC church; modified 19thC -- listed: Patrimoine classé (1983) [no. 25014-CLT-0023-01]
Font Notes:
Baptismal font of the 17th century listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10000294] [accessed 24 February 2023]. The font consists of an octagonal basin with a rounded underbowl, raised on a baluster-type octagonal pedestal base with mouldings at both ends. Dome metal cover with orb-and-cross finial.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.682498, 4.370983
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 40' 57.0" N, 4° 22' 15.5" E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (with Plinth): 125 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BALaT KIK-IRP

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]