Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25990GOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Workshop/Group/Artisan: [cf. FontNotes]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parochiekerk Sint-Goriks te Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Géry (Djèri, Gau, Gaugericus, Gorik, bishop of Cambrai)
Church Notes: 12thC church expanded in the early-Gothic period; damaged 1579 by the Geuzen; repaired 1592-1616; modified and restored several times since
Church Address: Kruiswaterplein 1, 9620 Zottegem, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 9 233 91 59
Site Location: Oost-Vlaanderen / Flandre Est, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N462, in the municipality and 4 km SW of Zottegem, 25-30 km S of Ghent
Ecclesiastic Region: Bisdom Gent
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here) ***GET FONT PICTURE FROM BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/26882]***AND OTHERS FROM https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PM_158471_B_Sint_Goriks_Oudenhove.jpg
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font and its cover listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/26882] [accessed 29 November 2025]: "doopvont [...] kopper, marmer [...] Date: 1701 - 1800 [...] hoogte: 134 cm; hoogte voet: 105 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 555346 5633743
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.852729, 3.786271
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 51′ 9.82″ N, 3° 47′ 10.58″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * KIK-IRPA
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th-18th century?
Material: metal, copper
Apparatus: no
Notes: moulded dome; broken finial? NB: later repaired or re-built?
REFERENCES
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.