Wagnelee / Wagnelée / Wagnlêye
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Wagnelée, église Sainte-Gertrude"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Grentidez, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 11 July 2012 by Grentidez [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wagnelée,_église_Sainte-Gertrude.jpg] [accessed 31 December 2023]
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10035589] [accessed 31 December 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25225WAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Gertrude de Wagnelée
Church Patron Saints: St. Gertrude of Nivelles [aka Gertraud, Gertraudt, Gertrude, Geretrudis]
Church Location: Rue de l'Eglise / Pl. de Wagnelée 5, 6223 Fleurus, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Hainaut, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the N93, in the municipality and 5-6 km N of Fleurus, 18-20 km NNE of Charleroi
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1623? / 1627?
Century and Period: 17th century(early), Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
Church Notes: present church of 1868 built about 100 m. off the site of the demolished earlier church
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of 1627 listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10035589] [accessed 31 December 2023]: "fonts baptismaux [...] pierre calcaire [...] Date: 1627 - 1627 [...] hauteur: 103 cm [...] couvercle en cuivre de 46 cm [1930-1940]". A document in the Archives de l'Etat à Mons - AEM.02.078 - 3 [https://search.arch.be/fr/rechercher-des-archives/resultats/inventaris/index/eadid/BE-A0524_705881_702963_FRE/inventarisnr/I7058817029633/level/file] [accessed 31 December 2023] Inventaire des archives de la paroisse Sainte-Gertrude à Wagnelée, 1407-1872 however, has "Consécration des fonts baptismaux. 1623."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.523333, 4.533333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 31′ 24″ N, 4° 32′ 0″ E
UTM: 31U 608690 5597943
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 103 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1930-1940
Material: metal, copp
Apparatus: no
Notes: dome-shaped with large Baptism of Christ scene as finial
REFERENCES
KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. Accessed: 2025-01-24 00:00:00. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.