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 -- notice 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 -- 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

INFORMATION

FontID: 24683REB
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Géry de Rebecq-Rognon
Church Patron Saints: St. Gaugericus [aka Djèri, Gau, Géry, Gau]
Church Location: Rue de la Cure 2, 1430 Rebecq, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 67 44 32 89
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Brabant Wallon / Wallon Brabant, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off the RE429/A8, about 27 km SW of Brussels
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the centre aisle
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century[composite font?], late Medieval / composite
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and for his help in documenting it
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."

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]