Brugelette No. 1 / Brugelettes / Brugelitis / Brujlete
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: "Brugelette (Belgique/Belgium), l'église./ the church"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean-Pol Grandmont, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 18 September 2005 by Jean-Pol Grandmont
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symbol - shield - coat of arms - Honorine de Melun. (1508-1590), lady of Runenberg or Ravensberghe
![[cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1260227012_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2026
Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a 1910 B&W photograph [cliché B011025]
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view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2026
Image Source: digital image of a 1910 B&W photograph [cliché B011025]
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view of font and cover in context
![showing the later, neo-Gothic font [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/permission_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: showing the later, neo-Gothic font [cf. FontNotes]
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Scene Description: detail of a funeral monument showing the coat of arms of Honorine de Melun. (1508-1590), lady of Runenberg or Ravensberghe, buried in the chapel of the sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis at La Bassée and who was married to Jean de Jauche de Mastaing, the local lord [cf. FontNotes]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 26166TBH
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century (?)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hainaut type font / heraldic font / stoup
Church / Chapel Name: Eglise Sainte-Vierge à Brugelette
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Av. de l'Eglise, 7940 Brugelette, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 68 28 28 77
Site Location: Hainaut, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N56, SE of Ath, NNW of Mons
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tournai / Bisdom Doornik
Additional Comments: disappeared font? [cf. FontNotes] -- re-purposed font/stoup? (was it used as font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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[NB: the present font in this church is modern, neo-Gothic] Holy-water stoup listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10010823] [accessed 27 February 2026]: "bénitier [...] pierre calcaire [...] hauteur: 119 cm [...] inscription, , sur la cuve: : A [marque de carrier?] [...] prob. anciens fonts baptismaux [...] prob. don d'Honorine de Melun [...] Date: 1501 - 1600 [...] de Jauche [famille] [...] de Melun [famille]".
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 6 Fenruary 2026) informs: "Brugelette, église Sainte-Vierge. 1186 : Brugelettes, Brugelitis.
1070: Lietbert, bishop of Cambrai, donates the altar of “Brugellae” to the Abbey of Saint-Sépulchre in Cambrai. The lords of Brugelette were powerful, as evidenced by their funerary monuments in the church. The castle of Brugelette was burned down in 1815. The parish church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, includes a late Gothic section dating from 1557. During the 18th century, the building underwent modifications. It was rebuilt in 1843 in the Classical style. Baptismal records start in 1618. Octagonal, limestone, Hainaut-type stoup, 16th c. Was probably used as baptismal font.
Inscription on the basin : A (stone mason’s mark). Coat of arms of Honorine de Melun. (1508-1590), lady of Runenberg or Ravensberghe, buried in the chapel of the sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis at La Bassée and who was married to Jean de Jauche de Mastaing, the local lord.
https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10010823. Neogothic, limestone, Hainaut-type baptismal font".
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 6 Fenruary 2026) informs: "Brugelette, église Sainte-Vierge. 1186 : Brugelettes, Brugelitis.
1070: Lietbert, bishop of Cambrai, donates the altar of “Brugellae” to the Abbey of Saint-Sépulchre in Cambrai. The lords of Brugelette were powerful, as evidenced by their funerary monuments in the church. The castle of Brugelette was burned down in 1815. The parish church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, includes a late Gothic section dating from 1557. During the 18th century, the building underwent modifications. It was rebuilt in 1843 in the Classical style. Baptismal records start in 1618. Octagonal, limestone, Hainaut-type stoup, 16th c. Was probably used as baptismal font.
Inscription on the basin : A (stone mason’s mark). Coat of arms of Honorine de Melun. (1508-1590), lady of Runenberg or Ravensberghe, buried in the chapel of the sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis at La Bassée and who was married to Jean de Jauche de Mastaing, the local lord.
https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10010823. Neogothic, limestone, Hainaut-type baptismal font".
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and for his help documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 562251 5604545
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.589488, 3.879425
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 35′ 22.16″ N, 3° 52′ 45.93″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 119 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.