Stekene

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Scene Description: the 1662 vessel is described here as a stoup made of sandstone [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: uncertain source [“Historisch Stekene”, by Heemkring d’Euzie (undated)?] priovided by Pol Herman

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Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman

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view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman

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view of church exterior in context - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Stekene, de Heilige Kruiskerk"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michielverbeek, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph 6 May 2013 by Michielverbeek [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stekene,_de_Heilige_Kruiskerk_oeg15459_foto4_2013-05-06_15.18.jpg] [accessed 2 February 2024]

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view of stoup

Scene Description: described as font ["doopvont"] in this source [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024

Image Source: digital image of a 1976 B&W photograph [cliché M243934] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/65477] [accessed 2 February 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25302STE
Church/Chapel: Heilig-Kruiskerk Stekene
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Cross
Church Location: Kerkstraat, 9190 Stekene, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 486 13 18 28
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Oost-Vlaanderen / Flandre Est, Vlaanderen / Flandres
Directions to Site: Located off (SW) the E24-N403 crossroads, 25-30 km W of Antwerp
Ecclesiastic Region: Ghent
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S aisle, W end
Date: 1662
Century and Period: 17th century(mid),
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to Pol Herman for bringing this stoup to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: Romanesque church replaced by early-Gothic building ca. 1200; modified and enlarged 1548 and several times through the centuries; restored 1897
The entry for this church in the Inventaris Onroerend Erfgoed [https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/15459] [accessed 2 February 2024] reports only a baptismal font of 1834 in it ["doopvont (1834)". An item listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/65477] [accessed 2 February 2024] as a baptismal font ["doopvont"] dated 1662 and located at the west end of the south aisle is likely a holy-water stoup instead; it is described as made of limestone, 112 cm tall, and bearing the inscription: "ANNO 1662 MARIA ANNA QUESAU OBIIT" around the upper surface of the basin rim A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 1 September 2023) referes to two other sources: “L’épitaphier Wasien” by le chevalier de Schouteete de Tervarent (1876), and “Historisch Stekene”, by Heemkring d’Euzie (undated), that refer to the object as "un bénitier en grès" [NB: sandstone is not common in fonts and stoups of this region; if the vessel was locally sourced the material is more likely to be limestone].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.206881, 4.040689
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 12′ 24.77″ N, 4° 2′ 26.48″ E
UTM: 31U 572699 5673346

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: around upper surface of the basin rim
Inscription Text: "MARIA ANNA QUESAU OBIIT ANNO 1662 -"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. Accessed: 2024-02-02 00:00:00. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.