Bocholt No. 2 / Bocholt nr. Bree / Bóggetj

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Scene Description: one of three wall mounted stoups in this church [cf. FontNotes]

Scene Description: one of three wall mounted stoups in this church [cf. FontNotes]

Scene Description: one of three wall mounted stoups in this church [cf. FontNotes]

Font ID: 25364BOC

Object Type: Stoup

Font Date: n.d.

Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic

Church / Chapel Name: Parochiekerk Sint-Laurentius / Sint-Laurentiuskerk Bocholt

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]

Church Address: Kerkplein, 3950 Bocholt, Belgium

Site Location: Limburg, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N76, 3-4 km NNW of Bree, 30+ km NNE of Hasselt

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Hasselt / Bisdom Hasselt

Font Notes: Click to view

The entry for this church in the Inventaris Onroerend Erfgoed [https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/86025] [accessed 2 March 2024] reports three holy-water stoups made of limestone in the 16th century ["Drie wijwatervaten, hardsteen (15de eeuw)"]. Three wall-mounted holy-water stoups are listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/78279], [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/78280] and [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/78281] [accessed 2 March 2024]; all three are polygonal and similar but not identical design.

UTM: 31U 680124 5672163

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.172492, 5.576725

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 10′ 20.97″ N, 5° 34′ 36.21″ E

Material: stone, limestone

Font Shape: polygonal, wall mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal