Grembergen / Grendberga
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view of church exterior in context - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dendermonde Dokter Haekstraat zonder nummer Sint-Margrietkerk" -- the 18thC re-building of the old church on a new site
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Helena Duchêne, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 2005 by Helena Duchêne [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dendermonde_Dokter_Haekstraat_zonder_nummer_Sint-Margrietkerk_-_133205_-_onroerenderfgoed.jpg] [accessed 26 January 2024]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25289GRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Sint Margaretha van Antiochië Kerk [aka Parochiekerk Sint-Margriet], Grembergen
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Notes: first place of of worship here ca. 1100, a chapel of ease to Zele; documented 1183 and 1194; not known when it became parochial; destroyed 1569; re-built 1599; demolished 1710; re-built same year on new site
Church Address: Dr. Haekstraat, Grembergen, 9200 Dendermonde, Belgium
Site Location: Oost-Vlaanderen / Flandre Est, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N470 [aka Dokter Haekstraat], W of the N41 and the Scheldt river, in the municipality and 3-4 km N of Dendermonde, about 25 km E of Ghent
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church/chapel of ease here?)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/83288] [accessed 26 January 2024]: "doopvont [...] Date: 1401 - 1500 [...] hoogte kuip: 103 cm [...] deksel in koper ". The entry for this church in the Onroerend Erfgoed [https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/48903] [accessed 26 Jamuary 2024] reports a 15th-century baptismal font of limestone in it with a copper cover of the 19th century ["Doopvont in blauwe hardsteen uit de 15de eeuw met een koperen deksel uit de 19de eeuw"].
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 22 August 2023) informs on the history of the church and refers to the KIK-IRPA entry for the font [cf. supra]: "The baptismal font is made of blue stone. It is said to be 15th century, but the shape of the basin would suggest that it is much later."
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 22 August 2023) informs on the history of the church and refers to the KIK-IRPA entry for the font [cf. supra]: "The baptismal font is made of blue stone. It is said to be 15th century, but the shape of the basin would suggest that it is much later."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 577571 5656423
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.054094, 4.106783
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 3′ 14.74″ N, 4° 6′ 24.42″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 103 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century
Material: metal, copper
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.