Lillo nr. Antwerp

Image copyright © Friedrich Tellberg, 2005

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design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2023

Image Source: digital image of a 1966 B&W photograph [cliché B199472] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [ttps://balat.kikirpa.be/object/85729] [accessed 2 November 2023]

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view of basin

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2023

Image Source: digital image of a 1966 B&W photograph [cliché B199472] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [ttps://balat.kikirpa.be/object/85729] [accessed 2 November 2023]

Copyright Instructions: Reproduced in accordance with KIK-IRPA guidelines

view of basin

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2023

Image Source: digital image of a 1966 B&W photograph [cliché B199473] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [ttps://balat.kikirpa.be/object/85729] [accessed 2 November 2023]

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view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Lillo onroerend goed ID10833"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © DirkVE, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph 24 October 2011 by DirkVE [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lillo_ID10833.jpg] [accessed 2 November 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Lillo (Belgien), Benediktikirche (Sint-Benedictuskerk), Kircheninnere (Neugotik, 19. Jh.)" [NB: the modern font -visible here at the back, right-side of the image- was still in the church in 2005; the church was made redundant in 2018]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Friedrich Tellberg, 2005

Image Source: digital photograph 7 August 2005 by Friedrich Tellberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lillo_Kerk_Interieur.JPG] [accessed 2 November 2023]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "Lillo (Belgien), Benediktikirche (Sint-Benedictuskerk), Kircheninnere (Neugotik, 19. Jh.)" [NB: the modern font was still in the church in 2005; the church was made redundant in 2018]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Friedrich Tellberg, 2005

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 7 August 2005 by Friedrich Tellberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lillo_Kerk_Interieur.JPG] [accessed 2 November 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25022LIL
Museum and Inventory Number: in the MAS - Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp
Church/Chapel: Sint-Benedictuskerk, Lillo [redundant since 2018]
Church Patron Saints: St. Benedict [aka Benet]
Church Location: Havenmarkt 6/8, 2040 Antwerpen, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Antwerp, Vlaanderen / Flandres
Directions to Site: Located in Fort Lillo, off (N) the R2, on the E shore of the Scheilde, 10-12 km N of Antwerp, just S of the border with the Netherlands
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 15th century [basin only], Late Gothic [basin only]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hainaut type font
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: originally a Protestant garrison church in Fort Lillo; functioned on and off as Protestant and Catholic parish church; made redundant in 2018
The basin of a 15th-century baptismal font originally from Sint-Benedictuskerk, Lillo, is listed in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/85715] [accessed 2 November 2023]: "doopvont [...] Date: 1401 - 1500 [...] MAS - Collectie Vleeshuis; Kuip van doopvont, afkomstig van de kerk van Lillo. AV.1965.028".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.304725, 4.290247
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 18′ 17.01″ N, 4° 17′ 24.89″ E
UTM: 31U 589940 5684503

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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