Rebecq-Rognon No. 2 / R'bek / Roosbeek / Rosbacem
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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel
design element - motifs - moulding - parallel
design element - motifs - stop - 2
view of stoup
Scene Description: the former baptismal font now used as holy-water stoup -- the notch and the drilled hole in the upper rim are evidence of former anchorings for a font cover; notice also the lower base, where the two stops turn the octagonal shape of the stem into hexagonal
view of stoup
Scene Description: the former baptismal font now used as holy-water stoup -- notice the lower base, where the two stops turn the octagonal shape of the stem into hexagonal
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24683REB
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century[composite font?], late Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Géry de Rebecq-Rognon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the centre aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gaugericus [aka Djèri, Gau, Géry, Gau]
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
Additional Comments: re-cycled font (now used as holy-water stoup)
Font Notes:
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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 a former baptismal font used now as holy-water stoup: "Bénitier. Ces fonts baptismaux en pierre bleue, à pied octogonal et datant du
XVe siècle, servent aujourd’hui de bénitier. Hauteur : 65 cm ; largeur de la cuve 50 cm." A holy-water stoup is listed in the BALaT KIK-IRPA site [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10026405] [accessed 17 April 2023] but the description is vague and the date and measurement do not match the one in the parish entry above: "bénitier [...] gothique [...] hauteur: 74 cm".
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 20 September 2022) notes: "The older baptismal font (15th century ?) seems to be composite to me : an octagonal renaissance Hainaut-style basin on a late-gotic Mosan style base. The total hight of only 65 cm could indicate that it is incomplete.
Basin outer diameter : 50 cm. It is now used as stoup."
XVe siècle, servent aujourd’hui de bénitier. Hauteur : 65 cm ; largeur de la cuve 50 cm." A holy-water stoup is listed in the BALaT KIK-IRPA site [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10026405] [accessed 17 April 2023] but the description is vague and the date and measurement do not match the one in the parish entry above: "bénitier [...] gothique [...] hauteur: 74 cm".
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 20 September 2022) notes: "The older baptismal font (15th century ?) seems to be composite to me : an octagonal renaissance Hainaut-style basin on a late-gotic Mosan style base. The total hight of only 65 cm could indicate that it is incomplete.
Basin outer diameter : 50 cm. It is now used as stoup."
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: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 50 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 65 cm* / 74 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]