Humelgem No. 1
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Results: 3 records
view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sint Catharinakerk, Steenokkerzeel"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Johan Bakker, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 6 April 2008 by Johan Bakker [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:41354_sint_Catharina.jpg] [accessed 17 February 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of a 1975 B&W photograph [cliché M232661] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/14361] [accessed 17 February 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-4.0
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of a 1975 B&W photograph [cliché M232699] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/14539] [accessed 17 February 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-4.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 25340HUM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parochiekerk Sint-Catharina, Humelgem
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Church Location: Perpetstraat 27, 1820 Steenokkerzeel, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Vlaams-Brabant / Brabant Flamand, Vlaanderen / Flandres
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N227, in the municipality and S outskirts of Steenokkerzeel, just NE of Brussels airport
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Malines-Bruxelles
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 15th century / 17th century, Late Gothic
Font Notes:
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The Inventaris Onroerend Erfgoed entry for the Parochiekerk Sint-Catharina, Humelghem [https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/41354] [accessed 17 February 2024] describes its font as Gothic on a column and octagonal base, perhaps 15th-century ["gotische doopvont met zuil op achthoekige sokkel (15de eeuw?)"]. Listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/14361] [accessed 17 February 2024]: "doopvont [...] zandsteen [...] datum doopvont 1635(?) [...] hoogte doopvont 90 cm"; the same entry gives details of the font cover: "messing [...] datum deksel XIXe [...] hoogte deksel 40 cm".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.90289, 4.517
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 54′ 10.4″ N, 4° 31′ 1.2″ E
UTM: 31U 606667 5640122
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * KIK-IRPA
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century?
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]