Merchtem / Merchtem-Hamme

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design element - motifs - moulding

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

Image Source: digital image of a 1973 B&W photograph [cliché M209718] by Cécile Octors, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/1749] [accessed 22 November 2023]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sint-Gudulakerk Hamme Merchtem"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © LucT, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph 26 December 2014 by LucT [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St-Gudulakerk,_Hamme_-_panoramio.jpg] [accessed 22 November 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Merchtem Lindestraat zonder nummer kerk" -- showing the font and cover in the chancel, left [north] side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hilde Kennes, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph 28 September 2015 by Hilde Kennes [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merchtem_Lindestraat_zonder_nummer_kerk_-_254681_-_onroerenderfgoed.jpg] [accessed 22 November 2023]

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view of font and cover

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

Image Source: digital image of a 1973 B&W photograph [cliché M209718] by Cécile Octors, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/1749] [accessed 22 November 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25087MER
Church/Chapel: Eglise Sainte Gudule / Parochiekerk Sint-Gudula, voorheen Onze-Lieve-Vrouw, Hamme, Merchtem / Sint-Gudulakerk, Merchtem
Church Patron Saints: St. Gudula [aka Goedele / Goule / Gudila / Gudule / Pagus]
Church Location: Lindestraat 107-112, 1785 Merchtem, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 471 02 58 19
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Vlaams-Brabant / Brabant Flamand, Vlaanderen / Flandres
Directions to Site: Located about 1 km SW of Ossel-Hame, 10-12 km NNW of Brussels city centre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, N side
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Baptismal font listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [ttps://balat.kikirpa.be/object/1749] [accessed 22 November 2023]; hexagonal basin with round underbowl, on a round plain pedestal base, and moulded hexagonal lower base; suggested date "1500 - 1599". Metal font cover has tiny orb-and-cross finial.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.913542, 4.275602
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 54′ 48.75″ N, 4° 16′ 32.17″ E
UTM: 31U 589673 5640985

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Material: meta;,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]