Borchtlombeek
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25989BOR
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 fonts in churches of Aspelare, Elene, Meerbeke, Sint-Antelinks, Borchtlombeek, Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove and Pamel
Church / Chapel Name: Parochiekerk Sint-Amandus te Borchtlombeek
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Amand [aka Amandus]
Church Notes: late-Gothic church built at several stages between the late-16th and the 17thC; modified 19thC;
Church Address: b, Kerkplein, 1761 Roosdaal, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 2 582 11 98
Site Location: Oost-Vlaanderen / Flandre Est, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N285, N of the N8, in the municipality and 6 km E of Roosdal, 9-10 km E of Ninove, 18-20 km W of Brussels
Ecclesiastic Region: Aartsbisdom Mechelen-Brussel / Archidiocèse de Malines-Bruxelles
Additional Comments: ***GET FONT PICTURE FROM BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/149]***
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font and its cover listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/149] [accessed 29 November 2025]: "doopvont [...] Date: 1700 (ca) - 1700 (ca) [...] marmer, kopper [...] hoogte: 106 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 580028 5633619
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.848733, 4.136824
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 50′ 55.44″ N, 4° 8′ 12.56″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 106 cm
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th-19th century?
Material: metal, copper
Apparatus: no
Notes: moulded dome shape with orb-and-cross finial
REFERENCES
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.