Berbroek No. 2

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Results: 6 records

design element - motifs - moulding - parallel

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Image Source: digital image of a 1945 B&W photograph [cliché A089984] by the Commissariaat generaal voor de Passieve Luchtbescherming [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/27642] [accessed 8 April 2024]

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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel

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Image Source: digital image of a 1945 B&W photograph [cliché A089984] by the Commissariaat generaal voor de Passieve Luchtbescherming [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/27642] [accessed 8 April 2024]

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design element - motifs - stop - 4

Scene Description: turning the lower part of the pedestal square

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Image Source: digital image of a 1945 B&W photograph [cliché A089984] by the Commissariaat generaal voor de Passieve Luchtbescherming [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/27642] [accessed 8 April 2024]

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human figure - female - head - Negroid features

Scene Description: one of four heads; another of the four broken/unfinished [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: digital image of a 1945 B&W photograph [cliché A089986] by the Commissariaat generaal voor de Passieve Luchtbescherming [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/27642] [accessed 8 April 2024]

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inscription

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: digital image of a 1945 B&W photograph [cliché A089985] by the Commissariaat generaal voor de Passieve Luchtbescherming [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/27642] [accessed 8 April 2024]

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view of font

Scene Description: originally a holy-water stoup [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: digital image of a 1945 B&W photograph [cliché A089984] by the Commissariaat generaal voor de Passieve Luchtbescherming [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/27642] [accessed 8 April 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25415BER
Church/Chapel: Parochiekerk Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Geboorte, Berbroek
Church Patron Saints: The Nativity of St. Mary
Church Location: Grotestraat 78-82, Berbroek, 3540 Herk-de-Stad, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Limburg, Vlaanderen / Flandres
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the N2, in the municipality and 3 km E of Herk-de-Stad, 12 km W of Hasselt
Ecclesiastic Region: Bisdom Hasselt
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1565
Century and Period: 16th century(mid), Late Gothic
Listed in the Onroerend Erfgoed [https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/88624] [accessed 8 April 2024] as a late-Gothic baptismal font made of limestone in 1565. Listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/27642] [accessed 8 April 2024] as a former holy-water stoup later used as baptismal font. The KIK-IRPA entry above gives reference to C. Ceulemans en R. Didier, Inventaris van de gotische figuratieve beeldsnijkunst uit de periode 1380-1550, bewaard in Belgisch Limburg, (Sint-Truiden, 1990), nr. 260.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.950572, 5.208261
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 57′ 2.06″ N, 5° 12′ 29.74″ E
UTM: 31U 655109 5646650

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: carved on the upper surface of the basin rim
Inscription Text: "1565"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. Accessed: 2024-04-08 00:00:00. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.