Bruges No. 15 / Brugge / Sint-Andries in Bruges

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kerk van Sint-Andries en Sint-Anna te St-Andries-Brugge" -- the 19thC re-building after a fire

Image Source: digital photograph 2005 by Kris Vandevorst [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kerk_van_Sint-Andries_en_Sint-Anna_te_St-Andries-Brugge_-_370269_-_onroerenderfgoed.jpg] [accessed 13 August 2024]

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view of cover

Scene Description: showing the modern cover, open, on the modern font

Image Source: digital photograph 2024 by Pol Herman

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 July 2024)

view of font and cover

Scene Description: showing the 19th-century font and its cover

Image Source: digital photograph 2024 by Pol Herman

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 July 2024)

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: showing the 19th-century font and its cover in context

Image Source: digital photograph 2024 by Pol Herman

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 July 2024)

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: showing the 19th-century font and its cover in context

Image Source: digital photograph 2024 by Pol Herman

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 July 2024)

INFORMATION

FontID: 25653BRU

Church/Chapel: Parochiekerk Sint-Andries en Sint-Anna te St-Andries-Brugge / Sint-Andries en Sint-Annakerk (Sint-Andries)

Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew & St. Anne

Church Location: Gistelse Steenweg 493, 8200 Bruges, Belgium

Country Name: Belgium

Location: West-Vlaanderen / Flandre Occidentale, Vlaanderen / Flandres

Directions to Site: Located off the N367, in the municipality of Sint-Andries, in the city of Bruges, 4 km W of the city centre

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bruges

Date: n.d.

Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his photographs and his help in documenting this font

Church Notes: originally a monastery church ca. 1100 which functioned also as parochial; re0built 13thC; tower added 1530; abbey closed 1797 and its church became fully parochial; expanded 1839-1843; destroyed by fire 1869; re-built thereafter

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The present font in use is modern, a dodecagonal basin decorated with a blind arcade of trefoiled arches, raised on an octagonal perdestal base; it was probably introduced when the church was re-built in 1869 after a fire [NB: we have no information on the church of the medieval church here]. A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 1 July 2024) informs: "The benedictine abbey of Sint-Andries was founded on the 22nd of February 1100, and ratified by a charter by the count Robrecht II of Flanders. The first mention of the Romanesque church is in 1117. The abbey church also served as parish church. In 1240, a partition wall was built inside the church, to separate the parishioners from the monks. In the 13th century, a new church was built. It suffered from religious and other wars. The abbey was abolished in 1797. The church was destroyed by lightning in 1869, only the tower was still standing. A new neo-Gothic church was built. A new baptismal font was bought. It is interesting that the style is Gotlandic “paradise”. Very unusual for this part of Europe."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.196622, 3.180167

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 11′ 47.84″ N, 3° 10′ 48.6″ E

UTM: 31U 512589 5671706