Gooik / Goyck

Baptismal font of the 16th century listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/381] [accessed 12 September 2024]: "doopvont [...] Date: 1500 (onzeker) - 1599 (onzeker) [,,,] arduin, koper [...] hoogte: 101 cm". Domed font cover of brass, round, with several moulded levels and finial.
A communication from Pol Herman (e-mail of 30 August 2024) notes: "Gooik was the site of a Roman vicus and was already mentioned in the ninth century as a possession of the Saint Gertrude Abbey in Nivelles. The foundations of the church building date back to the 11/12th century. The present baptismal font is composite. The Hainaut-type limestone base in gothic style is probably the oldest part, possibly 16th century. The limestone basin is 18thC. However, in his article "Goyck en zijn kerk", in Eigen Schoon en De Brabander, n° 10, 1927-1928, p. 31-32, J. De Weerdt has publised a drawing of the 'roepsteen' lying at the cemetery wall, near the entrance of the church. The so-called ‘roepsteen’ is a stone from which the official announcements were made by the village 'crier' in earlier times. De Weerdt writes that the stone was the base of an older baptismal font. No mention of this stone since 1927, it has disappeared and it is not known what happened to it. I was unable to find a copy of the above mentioned article."
A further communication from Pol Herman (e-mail of 13 September 2024) adds: "Some days ago, I received a copy of the article that contains sketches of the font and of the “roepsteen”. I have the impression that the “roepsteen” is not a baptismal font base.