Meerbeck No. 2 / Meerbeke

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view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ninove - Meerbeke - Halsesteenweg 44 - Parochiekerk Sint-Pieter"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Johan Allard, 2011

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 1 August 2011 by Johan Allard [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ninove_-_Meerbeke_-_Halsesteenweg_44_-_Parochiekerk_Sint-Pieter.jpg] [accessed 1 November 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Meerbeke, Parochiekerk Sint-Piet. Ninove. Oost-Vlaanderen. Belgium. Binnenzicht van het schip."

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Image Source: digital photograph 16 November 2021 by PMRMaeyaert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PM_141896_B_Meerbeke.jpg] [accessed 1 November 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Meerbeke, Parochiekerk Sint-Pieter). Interior."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © PMRMaeyaert, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 16 November 2021 by PMRMaeyaert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PM_141987_B_Meerbeke.jpg] [accessed 1 November 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25017MEE
Church/Chapel: Parochiekerk Sint-Pieter / Sint-Pieter en Sint-Berlindiskerk, Meerbeke
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Halsesteenweg 44. Meerbeke, 9402 Ninove, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Oost-Vlaanderen / Flandre Est, Vlaanderen / Flandres
Directions to Site: Located off the N28, in the municiaplity and just SE of Ninove
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1600-1620?
Century and Period: 17th century(early?),
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin with plain sides and gadrooned underbowl, raised on a round baluster-type pedestal base decorated with fluting on the upper half and foliage on the lower part; on a tiny round lower base. No cover present. Said to be originally from the badly damaged in 1944 church of Sint-Theresia church in Ninove.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.824444, 4.040278
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 49′ 28″ N, 2′ 25″ E
UTM: 31U 573270 5630818

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: rop
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining