Sint-Antelinks / Ramnesbecca / Ransbecca / Ransbeek
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25988ANT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1700?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century (?), Baroque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: [cf. FontNotes]
Cognate Fonts: almost identical fonts stand in churches at Aspelare, Elene, Meerbeke, Sint-Antelinks, Borchtlombeek, Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove and Pamel
Church / Chapel Name: Kerk Sint-Gertrudis, Sint-Ankelinks
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gertrude of Nivelles [aka Gertraud, Gertraudt, Gertrude, Gertrudis]
Church Notes: the present church of 1847-1848 retains a tower from ca. 1700
Church Address: Sint-Antelinks, 9550 Herzele, Belgium
Site Location: Oost-Vlaanderen / Flandre Est, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located W of the N460, in the submunicipality [deelgemeente] of Herzele, in Denderstreek, 9-10 km WNW of Ninove, about 25 km SE of Ghent
Ecclesiastic Region: Bisdom Gent
Historical Region: Vlaamse Ardennen
Additional Comments: ***GET FONT IMAGE FROM BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/16417]***
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font and its cover listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/16417] [accessed 29 November 2025]: "doopvont [...] marmer [...] Date: 1701 (onzeker) - 1800 (onzeker) [...] hoogte: 160 cm; hoogte bekken: 100 cm".
A comunication from Pol Herman (e-mail of 28 November 2025) notes that almost identical baptismal fonts stand in the village churches of Aspelare, Elene, Meerbeke, Sint-Antelinks, Borchtlombeek, Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove and Pamel, all of them in the same area. There must have been a local workshop at that time.
A comunication from Pol Herman (e-mail of 28 November 2025) notes that almost identical baptismal fonts stand in the village churches of Aspelare, Elene, Meerbeke, Sint-Antelinks, Borchtlombeek, Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove and Pamel, all of them in the same area. There must have been a local workshop at that time.
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 565156 5633460
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.849167, 3.925556
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 50′ 57″ N, 3° 55′ 32″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Height of Basin Side: 100 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 160 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * KIK-IRPA
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th-19th century?
Material: stone, marble
Apparatus: no
Notes: moulded dome with orb-snad-cross finial
REFERENCES
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.