Aspelare / Asplar / Hasplar
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25986ASP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1700?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century (?), Baroque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: [cf. FontNotes]
Cognate Fonts: similar to Elene, Meerbeke, Sint-Antelinks, Borchtlombeek, Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove and Pamel
Church / Chapel Name: Parochiekerk Sint-Amandus, Aspelare
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Amand [aka Amandus]
Church Notes: the probably Romanesque place of worship was replaced by a new Gothic church in the 15thC; damaged in the religious unrest of the period 1566-1585; restored 1587; re-built 1776-1778;
Church Address: Sint-Amandusstraat 3, 9404 Ninove, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 497 84 74 31
Site Location: Oost-Vlaanderen / Flandre Est, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N660, N of the N8, in the municipality and 4-5 km WNW of Ninove, 25-30 km W of Brussels
Ecclesiastic Region: Bisdom Gent
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original Romanesque church here?) ***IMAGES RECEIVED -- TO BE LOADED AND ENTERED IN IMAGE SUBFORM*** more photos in https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sint-Amanduskerk_(Aspelare)
Font Notes:
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The baptismal font in this church is listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/17392] [accessed 29 November 2025]: "doopvont [...] marmor [...] Date: 1701 - 1800 [...] hoogte: 147 cm".
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 28 November 2025) provides historical information on the church here, from its likely Romanesque origins to the present; it further notes: "The current St. Amand's church dates back to 1776-1778. At that time, the existing 15th-century church was significantly enlarged. Baptismal registers exist from 1608 onwards. A baptismal font is documented in the church in 1671; it is not the present font. The present font, listed in KIK-IRPA [cf. supra] is made of white marble font in the Baroque style, the basin decorated with gadroons, the pedestal base moulded. Almost identical baptismal fonts stand in nearby villages of Elene, Meerbeke, Sint-Antelinks, Borchtlombeek, Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove and Pamel. There must have been a local workshop at that time. The history of these churches provide indications that the font of Aspelare dates from around 1700."
KIK-IRPA dates : 18th century
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 28 November 2025) provides historical information on the church here, from its likely Romanesque origins to the present; it further notes: "The current St. Amand's church dates back to 1776-1778. At that time, the existing 15th-century church was significantly enlarged. Baptismal registers exist from 1608 onwards. A baptismal font is documented in the church in 1671; it is not the present font. The present font, listed in KIK-IRPA [cf. supra] is made of white marble font in the Baroque style, the basin decorated with gadroons, the pedestal base moulded. Almost identical baptismal fonts stand in nearby villages of Elene, Meerbeke, Sint-Antelinks, Borchtlombeek, Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove and Pamel. There must have been a local workshop at that time. The history of these churches provide indications that the font of Aspelare dates from around 1700."
KIK-IRPA dates : 18th century
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 567401 5632670
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.841805, 3.957299
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 50′ 30.5″ N, 3° 57′ 26.27″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: eo
Notes on Measurements: total height including cover; 147 cm [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th-18th century?
Material: stone, marble
Apparatus: no
Notes: moulded dome with orb-and-cross finial
REFERENCES
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.