Braine-l'Alleud No. 2 / Brinne-l'-Alou / Eigenbrakel
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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]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24599BRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hainaut type font
Church / Chapel Name: Église Paroisse Saint-Etienne de Braine-l'Alleud
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: original church mentioned 12thC; present building mid-16thC church; modified 19thC -- listed: Patrimoine classé (1983) [no. 25014-CLT-0023-01]
Church Address: Pl. Abbé Renard, 1420 Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 2 384 25 12
Site Location: Brabant Wallon / Wallon Brabant, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
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 Notes:
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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 (brass) cover with orb-and-cross finial.
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 7 November 2025) informs: "Braine-l’Alleud, église Saint-Etienne. 1113 : First mention of the parish and its church. A document tells us that Godfrey I, Duke of Brabant, and his son, Godfrey, ceded "Dudinsart," located in the parish of Braine-l'Alleud, to the Abbey of Gembloux. A remnant of a Romanesque chancel wall was discovered during construction work in 1963. 1550 : Raising or straightening of the transept columns, marked by a mallet on the shaft of a half-column in the north transept arm. 1742 : Enlargement of the church, indicated on a corbel to the north of the nave. 1762-1763 : Reconstruction of the tower. Building of the rood screen, dates inscribed respectively on a niche in the tower and on the vault of the rood screen. 1815 : The church served as a field hospital after the Battle of Waterloo, treating the wounded from both sides. Typical octagonal limestone 17th century Hainaut-type font on baluster column. Brass lid hangs on a cable.
https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10000294"
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 7 November 2025) informs: "Braine-l’Alleud, église Saint-Etienne. 1113 : First mention of the parish and its church. A document tells us that Godfrey I, Duke of Brabant, and his son, Godfrey, ceded "Dudinsart," located in the parish of Braine-l'Alleud, to the Abbey of Gembloux. A remnant of a Romanesque chancel wall was discovered during construction work in 1963. 1550 : Raising or straightening of the transept columns, marked by a mallet on the shaft of a half-column in the north transept arm. 1742 : Enlargement of the church, indicated on a corbel to the north of the nave. 1762-1763 : Reconstruction of the tower. Building of the rood screen, dates inscribed respectively on a niche in the tower and on the vault of the rood screen. 1815 : The church served as a field hospital after the Battle of Waterloo, treating the wounded from both sides. Typical octagonal limestone 17th century Hainaut-type font on baluster column. Brass lid hangs on a cable.
https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10000294"
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.682498, 4.370983
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, brass
Apparatus: yes
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.