Jette
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of a 1962 B&W photograph [cliché B190944] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/20005858] [accessed 15 August 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-4.0
view of font and cover
inscription
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a 1962 B&W photograph [cliché B190944] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/20005858] [accessed 15 August 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-4.0
view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sint-Pieterskerk (Jette)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Hermans, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 27 April 2013 by Paul Hermans [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sint-Pieterskerk_(Jette)_27-04-2013_16-32-33.jpg] [accessed 15 August 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Pierre de Jette"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Edison McCullen, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 28 August 2015 by Edison McCullen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Pierre_de_Jette.jpg] [accessed 15 August 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25656JET
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1597
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Sint-Pieterskerk / Église Saint-Pierre, Jette
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Place Cardinal Mercier - Kardinaal Mercierplein 51, 1090 Jette, Belgium
Site Location: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N291 [aka Blvd de Smet de Naeter], 5-6 km NNW of the Brussels city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels
Additional Comments: altered font? (is the pedestal base a later replacement?)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/20005858] [accessed 15 August 2024]: "doopvont [...] Kuip: steen; 1597 [...] deksel messing: 1778". [NB: the unmatched combination of basin and base suggests that it is a composite font].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 593601 5637366
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.880375, 4.330528
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 52′ 49.35″ N, 4° 19′ 49.9″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on the basin side
Inscription Text: 1597
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1778
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no
Notes: low-dome with orb-and-cross finial
REFERENCES
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.