Louvain No. 5 / Leuven
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Scene Description: Source caption: "wijwatervat [...] marmer, arduin [...] inscriptie, gebeiteld, : ged. inscr. Guil. Wargnies Monten 1623 [...] hoogte: 111 cm"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1978 B&W photograph [cliché M254587] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/68875] [accessed 29 November 2023]
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Image Source: digital photograph 5 February 2023 [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25104LOU
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1623
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early), Baroque
Church / Chapel Name: Parochiekerk Sint-Jozef / Église paroissiale Saint-Joseph à Louvain
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Joseph
Previous Font Location(s): Eglise Saint-Pierre / Collégiale Saint-Pierre de Louvain / Sint-Pieterskerk
Church Notes: Sint-Jozef is a 20thC church
Church Address: Bogaardenstraat 72, 3000 Leuven, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 16 23 21 55
Site Location: Vlaams-Brabant / Brabant Flamand, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located inside the ring road R23, E of the historic centre of Louvain
Additional Comments: moved stoup / re-purposed stoup (originally a stoup at St-Pierre's, later serving as font in St-Joseph's) / altered font (the 1978 KIK-IRPA photograph showed the lower base of the stoup different from the present [2023] one)
Font Notes:
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Listed in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/68875] [accessed 29 November 2023] as a holy-water stoup originally from Sint-Pieter [Leuven]; made of marble in 1623 by Guil. Wargnies Monten according to an inscription on the rim of its basin. Round basin with wide scotia all around; inscription on the rim; raised on a baluster-shaped pedestal base, on a square lower base.
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 20 February 2023) informs: "This baptismal font is not mentioned as a font in the database of KIK-IRPA, but as a stoup [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/68875] It was originally a stoup, and is made of white veined red marble. It was ordered in 1623 by the canon Guillaume de Wargnies from Mons (1573-1628), and was intended for the chapter church of Sint-Pieter at Leuven. In 2016 it was moved to the Sint-Jozef church, to serve as baptismal font. The [lower?] original base was replaced by a block of marble. Total height : 95 cm. Square base : 50 x 50 cm. Inscription on the rim of the basin : D. AC. M. GVIL. WARGNIES. MONTEN. S. P. L. C. M. 1623" [NB: the discrepancy in the height measurement is due to the replacement of the lower base; KIK-IRPA has a taller one of limestone, which has been replaced by a shorter one in a marble closer in colour to the rest of the stoup, hence the 111 cm vs 95 cm discrepancy].
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 20 February 2023) informs: "This baptismal font is not mentioned as a font in the database of KIK-IRPA, but as a stoup [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/68875] It was originally a stoup, and is made of white veined red marble. It was ordered in 1623 by the canon Guillaume de Wargnies from Mons (1573-1628), and was intended for the chapter church of Sint-Pieter at Leuven. In 2016 it was moved to the Sint-Jozef church, to serve as baptismal font. The [lower?] original base was replaced by a block of marble. Total height : 95 cm. Square base : 50 x 50 cm. Inscription on the rim of the basin : D. AC. M. GVIL. WARGNIES. MONTEN. S. P. L. C. M. 1623" [NB: the discrepancy in the height measurement is due to the replacement of the lower base; KIK-IRPA has a taller one of limestone, which has been replaced by a shorter one in a marble closer in colour to the rest of the stoup, hence the 111 cm vs 95 cm discrepancy].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this stoup
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 516293 51668246
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.2249991, 3.2333324
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 13' 30.00" N, 3° 13' 60.00" E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: round, mounted
Font Height (less Plinth): 111 cm* / 95 cm**
Square Base Dimensions: 50 x 50 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * BALaT KIK-IRPA / ** [cf. FontNotes]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: on the rim of the basin
Inscription Text: "D. AC. M. GVIL. WARGNIES. MONTEN. S. P. L. C. M. 1623"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]