Bruges No. 13 / Brugge
Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2014
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 23 August 2023)
Results: 6 records
animal - bird - 3
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Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ronald Van Belle, 2003
Image Source: digital image of content in Ronald Van Belle (2003)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
information
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ronald Van Belle, 2003
Image Source: digital image of content in Ronald Van Belle (2003)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
information
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ronald Van Belle, 2003
Image Source: digital image of content in Ronald Van Belle (2003)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
information
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ronald Van Belle, 2003
Image Source: digital image of content in Ronald Van Belle (2003)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of basin - detail
Scene Description: top: the fragment from Lessines; bottom: the fragment from Bruges
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2014
Image Source: digital image of a composite of two archive photographs by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 23 August 2023)
view of basin in context - fragment
Scene Description: the fragment of the medieval font as displayed in the sacristy
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pol Herman, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 22 May 2014 by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 23 August 2023)
INFORMATION
FontID: 25285BRU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)
Church/Chapel: Sint-Salvatorkathedraal / St-Sauveur
Church Patron Saints: Jesus Christ
Church Location: Sint-Salvatorskoorstraat 8, 8000 Brugge, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 50 33 68 41
Country Name: Belgium
Location: West-Vlaanderen / Flandre Ouest, Vlaanderen / Flandres
Directions to Site: Located on Rue des Pierres, Bruges city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel / Malines-Brussels
Font Location in Church: fragment now exhibited in the sacristy [cf. FontNotes]
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: the fonts at Lichterwelde and Lessines?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: 10thC parish church; re-built 12thC; became cathedral 1834; damaged by fire 1839 and restored by English architect Robert Chantrell soon thereafter
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated as a fragment of a Tournai-type baptismal font in Van Belle (2003): the fragment of Tournai limestone was found during the excavation of areas of the Sint-Salvatorkathedraal in Bruges; it is rectangular and measures 107 cm in length and 23 cm in height; the surviving fragment appears to be of one whole side of a square basin, and is decorated with three resting birds (?); the author suggests there may be some similarities with the font at Lichterwelde. The fragment is now [2023+] wall-mounted on a sacristy wall.
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 22 August 2023) points out some similarities of the decorative work on this fragment with fragments of the font at Lessines.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.2055, 3.2215
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 12′ 19.8″ N, 3° 13′ 17.4″ E
UTM: 31U 515474 5672701
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)
Font Shape: fragment
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes for the dimensions of the fragment]
REFERENCES
Van Belle, Ronald, "Een uitzonderlijke ontdekking : een fries van een romaans doopvont in de St.-Salvatorskathedraal te Brugge?", 140 (2003), Handelingen van het Genootschap voor Geschiedenis, 2003, pp. 169-172; p. 169-172