Rebecq-Rognon No. 1 / R'bek / Rosbacem
Image copyright © Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, 2005
CC-BY-SA-2.0
Results: 4 records
view of church exterior - southwest end
Scene Description: Source caption: " Rebecq (Belgique), l'église Saint-Géry (1867 - Architecte: Coulon)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 13 August 2005 by Jean-Pol GRANDMONT [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rebecq_JPG00.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: showing the former baptismal font now used as holy-water stoup in the foreground
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paroisse Saint-Géry de Rebecq-Rognon, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in Paroisse Saint-Géry de Rebecq-Rognon [http://paroissesaintgeryrebecq.be/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/feuillet-église.pdf] [accessed 17 April 2023]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Open Churches, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in Open Churches [https://openchurches.eu/fr/edifices/saint-gery-rebecq] [accessed 17 April 2023]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the font in use seen here on the left
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rewisbique - asbl, 2016
Image Source: digital image in Rewisbique - asbl [https://www.rewisbique.eu/bib9c3c.php] [accessed 17 April 2023]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24682REB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1599
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late)
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Géry de Rebecq-Rognon
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, in the NW corner of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gaugericus [aka Djèri, Gau, Géry, Gau]
Church Notes: present church 1867 replaced 16thC building [there may have been an earlier church or oratory in place before the latter]
Church Address: Rue de la Cure 2, 1430 Rebecq, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 67 44 32 89
Site Location: Brabant Wallon / Wallon Brabant, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the RE429/A8, about 27 km SW of Brussels
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of stone listed in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10026407] [accessed 17 April 2023]; it bears an inscription with yje name of the donor, Jacque de Gasse, and the date of the donation, 1599; the height is given as 126 cm. The entry for this church in the parish site [http://paroissesaintgeryrebecq.be/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/feuillet-église.pdf] [accessed 17 April 2023] notes: "Ces fonts baptismaux en pierre bleue portent l’inscription suivante : «Jaque Le Gosse l’a donné. 1599 ». La cuve circulaire d’un diamètre de 85 cm est supportée par une colonne trapue cannelée et décorée de fruits, d’une hauteur de 1,25 m."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and for his help in documenting it
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 85 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 125 / 126 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: French
Inscription Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: "Jaque Le Gasse l’a donné. 1599 "
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no
Notes: moulded dome with orb-san-cross finial