Gijzenzele / Ghisenzele / Villa Gisingasale
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Scene Description: the 18thC font
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Image Source: digital image of a 1978 B&W photograph [cliché M262449] by Wildemeersch[studio], KIK
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wernervc, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 29 May 2015 by Wernervc
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information
!["De kerkrekening van 1861" -- receipt for the purchase of the new font [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/permission_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: "De kerkrekening van 1861" -- receipt for the purchase of the new font [cf. FontNotes]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25928GIJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 9th - 15th century (?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Sint-Bavokerk, Gijzenzele
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Wikidata: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint-Bavokerk_(Gijzenzele)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bavo [aka Allowin, Baaf, Bavo of Ghent, Bavon, Bavonius]
Church Notes: church documented 864, 976, 1214; re-built 13th and ca. 1500; restored and modified 17th and 18th and 19thC;
Church Address: Kerkstraat 6, Gijzenzele, 9860 Oosterzele, Belgium
Site Location: Oost-Vlaanderen / Flandre Est, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N42, S of Hwy E40, in the municipality of Oosterzel, about 12 km SW of Ghent city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Ghent / Diocèse de Gand
Additional Comments: disappeared font(s) (the medieval font(s) here) -- price of a font (160 Belgian francs in 1861)
Town/City Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gijzenzele
Font Notes:
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The present baptismal font in this church is modern; listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/11722] [accessed 16 November 2025]: "Date: 1791 - 1800". A receipt for the payment of 160 francs for the present font is signed on 26 August 1861. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font(s) here]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this church to our attention and for his help in documenting it and the missing font(s)
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 557126 5646837
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.97097, 3.81574
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 58′ 13.08″ N, 3° 48′ 48.96″ E
REFERENCES
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.