Avelgem
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Image Source: digital image of a 1971 B&W photograph [cliché M100653] by KIK
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Scene Description: "Sint-Martinuskerk in Avelgem / Church of Saint Martin in Avelgem, West Flanders, Belgium."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © LimoWreck, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 1 July 2007 by LimoWreck
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Scene Description: "Interior of Sint-Martinuskerk in Avelgem, Belgium"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer), 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 10 September 2018 by Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer)
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Scene Description: "Doopvont - Sint-Martinuskerk - Daniël Vermandereplein - Avelgem - West-Vlaanderen - België"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Spotter2, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 7 April 2007 by Spotter2
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26201XDE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (mid)
Church / Chapel Name: Kerk Sint-Martinus / Sint-Martinuskerk / Sint-Martinusparochie van Avelgem
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Wikidata: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint-Martinuskerk_(Avelgem)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church; destroyed 1485; re-built and destroyed again; present church 1860s; destroyed in WWI; re-built 1928
Church Address: Daniël Vermandereplein, 8580 Avelgem, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 476 75 62 23
Site Location: West-Vlaanderen / Flandre Occidentale, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N8, about 15 km SE of Kortrijt
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bruges / Bisdom Brugge
Town/City Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avelgem
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of metal in the mid-15th century in Tournai; listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/32837] [accessed 9 March 2026]: "doopvont [...] koper [...] Date: 1441 - 1460 [...] hoogte: 115 cm [...] Vandevivere, Ignace, La fonderie de laiton à Tournai au XVe siècle, Tent. cat.: Tapisseries et laitons de choeur XVe et XVIe siècles, Ignace Vandevivere,Tournai, 1971". The entry for this church in the
Onroerend Erfgoed [https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/79079] [accessed 9 March 2026] reports a mid-15th-century font with a 19th-century font cover: "Doopvont van geel koper, Doorniks werk uit de tweede helft van de 15de eeuw met 19de-eeuws deksel".
Onroerend Erfgoed [https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/79079] [accessed 9 March 2026] reports a mid-15th-century font with a 19th-century font cover: "Doopvont van geel koper, Doorniks werk uit de tweede helft van de 15de eeuw met 19de-eeuws deksel".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 531869 5624439
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.770833, 3.451944
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 46′ 15″ N, 3° 27′ 7″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: copper
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 115 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century
Notes: round moulded dome with cross finial
REFERENCES
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.