Saint-Remy-Geest / Djé-Sint-Rmey / Sint-Remigius-Geest

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Belgique - Brabant wallon - Jodoigne - Saint-Remy-Geest - Église Saint-Remy" [cf. FontNotes]

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view of church exterior - northeast view

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view of church exterior in context

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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptismal fonts commissioned by the priest Jean Delwaide in 1687. Unfortunately, the latter died the same year and it was his successor ,Charles Léonard, who christened the newborn of the parish. The sculptor retained the original pedestal but we are unable to date it."

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24931REM
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Remy de Saint-Remy-Geest
Church Patron Saints: St. Remigius of Reims [aka Remi, Rémi, Remy]
Church Location: Rue de la Cense Bivort, Saint-Remy-Geest, 1370 Jodoigne, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Brabant Wallon / Wallon Brabant, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N29 [Cha. de Tirlemont], in the municipality and 6 km NNW of Jodoigne, 10 km SW of Tienen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: [composite font], Gothic [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: parish church documented 17thC; re-built 1768 with non-canonical orientation [i.e., "occidentée" with the apse on the west side]
Noted and illustrated in the entry for this church in Open Churches [https://openchurches.eu/en/churches/saint-remy-jodoigne] [accessed 19 September 2023]: "Baptismal fonts commissioned by the priest Jean Delwaide in 1687. Unfortunately, the latter died the same year and it was his successor ,Charles Léonard, who christened the newborn of the parish. The sculptor retained the original pedestal but we are unable to date it." The entry for this church in Wikipedia [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Église_Saint-Remy_de_Saint-Remy-Geest] [accessed 19 September 2023] notes the location of the font at the end of the nave, vives the date as engraved on the rim of the basin, and describes the stone as "pierre bleu" ["Au fond de l'église se trouve une petite niche qui abrite les fonts baptismaux commandés en 1687 par le curé Jean Delwaide6. Ces fonts sont réalisés en pierre bleue (petit granit) et le bord de la cuve baptismale porte le millésime de 1687"]. A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 1 November 2022) notes: "Mosan font not mentioned in KIK-IRPA database. Composite font: In 1687, the parish priest Jean Delwaide ordered a new baptismal font. However, he died before it was delivered [cf. suptra]. This could be a reason why the font is composite : a non-datable base, a gothic octagonal Mosan column and the basin dated 1687 (inscription). All elements are made of Mosan limestone."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.75, 4.85
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 45′ 0″ N, 4° 51′ 0″ E
UTM: 31U 630506 5623656

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Mosan)
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on the basin, upper rim side
Inscription Text: "1687"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal,
Apparatus: no
Notes: hemispherical dome with orb-and-cross finial