Saintes in Tubize No. 2 / Sint-Renelde / Sinternele

INFORMATION

FontID: 25439SAI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Renelde à Saintes
Church Patron Saints: St. Renelde de Saintes [aka Ernelle, Relinde, Renilde, Renule]
Church Location: Pl. Adolphe Dupont 35, 1480 Tubize, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Brabant Wallon / Wallon Brabant, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the N7, NW of the A8/E429, in the municipality and 4-5 km WNW of Tubize
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Font Notes:
A baptismal font in this church is listed [no illustration found] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10025655] [accessed 16 April 2024]: "fonts baptismaux [...] pierre de taille [...] Date: 1501 - 1600"; the source mentions a photograph: "[cliché M068079] négatif monochrome" by photographer Maurice Broeckaert" but the image is not available. A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail 13 January 2024) notes: "Two baptismal fonts of the church are known [...] No picture on KIK-IRPA https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10025655 -- This is a richly decorated (gothic arches) 16th century Hainaut-type font."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.704138, 4.16038
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 42′ 14.9″ N, 4° 9′ 37.37″ E
UTM: 31U 581939 5617567

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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