Baudour No. 2 / Baldulium / Baldurnum / Baudulium / Bôdôur / Silvia Baldulia
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2026
Image Source: digital image of a 1970 B&W photograph [cliché M048022]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2026
Image Source: digital image of a 1970 B&W photograph [cliché M048022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26165WBA
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century (?)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hainaut type
Church / Chapel Name: Eglise Saint-Géry à Baudour
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gary
Church Address: Pl. de Baudour, 7331 Saint-Ghislain, Belgium -- Tel.: 065 80 35 15
Site Location: Hainaut / Henegouwen, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N524-N526 crossroads, in the municipality and 3 km E of Saint-Ghislain, about 10 km WNW of Mons
Town/City Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudour
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10023819] [accessed 26 February 2026]: "bénitier [...] pierre calcaire [...] hauteur: 115 cm [...] Date: 1491 - 1600 [...] inscription, taillé, bord de la cuve: au nom des donateurs: de Leauwe, Jan; Willame, Jehanne".
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 5 February 2026) informs: "Baudour, église Saint-Géry [...] Limestone, Hainaut-type stoup, from the same period as the font. Inscription on the rim : Jan de Leauwe et Jehanne Willame (Willemeau ?) son espeuse en l'honneur de Dieu a cest eglise on donné ce benoitier l'an ... (the date is erased). In the archives of Mons is an inventory of documents about a certain Leauwe (de): Chassereau des biens et rentes de Jean de Leauwe. XVIe siècle. The documents mention the villages of Mons, Hautrage, Robersart, Baudour, Quaregnon, Sirault. https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10023819".
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 5 February 2026) informs: "Baudour, église Saint-Géry [...] Limestone, Hainaut-type stoup, from the same period as the font. Inscription on the rim : Jan de Leauwe et Jehanne Willame (Willemeau ?) son espeuse en l'honneur de Dieu a cest eglise on donné ce benoitier l'an ... (the date is erased). In the archives of Mons is an inventory of documents about a certain Leauwe (de): Chassereau des biens et rentes de Jean de Leauwe. XVIe siècle. The documents mention the villages of Mons, Hautrage, Robersart, Baudour, Quaregnon, Sirault. https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10023819".
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 559155 5592839
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.484549, 3.833823
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 29′ 4.37″ N, 3° 50′ 1.76″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 115 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: French
Inscription Location: on the rim of the basin
Inscription Text: "Jan de Leauwe et Jehanne Willame (Willemeau ?) son espeuse en l'honneur de Dieu a cest eglise on donné ce benoitier l'an ..."
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.