Chaumont No. 1 / Chaumont-Gistoux

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human figure - head - fragment

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image of a 1968 B&W photograph [cliché M016466] by Jean Versteegen, in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10012600] [accessed 13 September 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25697CHA

Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Bavon

Church Patron Saints: St. Bavo [aka Allowin, Baaf, Bavo of Ghent, Bavon, Bavonius]

Church Location: Rue Lahaut 1, 1325 Chaumont-Gistoux, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 10 68 82 70

Country Name: Belgium

Location: Brabant Wallon / Wallon Brabant, Wallonie / Wallonne

Directions to Site: Located off (N) the N243, in the municipality of Chaumont-Gistoux, 30-35 km SE of Brusslels

Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiocèse de Malines-Bruxelles

Date: n.d.

Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and to him, Jean-Claude Ghislain and Daniel Istace for their help in documenting it

Font Notes: Click to view

The fragment of a human head listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10012600] [accessed 13 September 2024] as a fragment of a "statue religieuse, statue humaine [...] fragment [...] Date: 1501 - 1600". A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 29 August 2024) deals with two fragments of medieval baptismal fonts originally from the Eglise Saint-Bavon of Chaumont [cf. BSI entry for Chaumont No. 2 for the other medieval fragment]: "There are 2 remains of limestone Romanesque Mosan baptismal fonts. It is not clear whether they are related. Indeed, to me the style seems different. 1) a broken head [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10012600] E-mail by Jean-Claude Ghislain on 27th of February 2022 : "D'après ce que j'ai appris il y a longtemps à propos de la cuve romane fragmentée de Chaumont-Gistoux, une tête est conservée au presbytère (photo KIK-IRPA avec datation erronée du XVIe s.). Sans aucune doute, la tête sur l’image est un fragment de fonts baptismaux du 12ième siècle." E-mail by Daniel Istace of 18th of August 2022: "Elle existe toujours et je l'ai vue hier dans la cure de Chaumont."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.6786, 4.72214

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 40′ 42.96″ N, 4° 43′ 19.7″ E

UTM: 31U 621671 5615500

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Font Shape: fragment