Aarsele / Arcela
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25975AAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century (early?), Modern
Church / Chapel Name: Sint-Martinuskerk
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin
Church Notes: church here first documented 1085, probably a wooden building; mid-13thC stone church; demolished and re-built 1779; re-built 1909-1912; damaged in WWII in 1940; restored 1955
Church Address: Aarsele-Dorp 10, 8700 Tielt, Belgium - Tel.: +32 477 18 36 36
Site Location: West-Vlaanderen / Flandre Occidentale, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the N35, in the municipality and 6 km E of Tielt, about 25 km W of Ghent
Ecclesiastic Region: Bisdom Gent
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the mid-13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of marble and its metal font cover, of early-18th century, are noted in the entry for this church in Onroerend Erfgoed [https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/86961] [accessed 25 November 2025: "Doopvont, marmer met natuurstenen sokkel en koperen deksel, begin 19de eeuw." Listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/40876] [accessed 25 November 2025]: "doopvont [...] Date: 1801 - 1810 [...] hoogte: 138 cm".
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 529665 5649607
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.997278, 3.422744
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 59′ 50.2″ N, 3° 25′ 21.88″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 138 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * KIK-IRPA [total height with the cover = 230 cm]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century
Material: metal, copper
Notes: height: 92 cm