Un interessant fragment de cuve baptismale romane a Spiennes

• Autores: François de Vriendt
• Localización: Bulletin IRPA, ISSN 0085-1892, ISSN-e 2983-855X, Nº. 38, 2023, págs. 8-19
• Idioma: francés
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  • The church of Saint-Amand in Spiennes (Mons, Hainaut) houses a piece of a Romanesque baptismal font carved in Tournai stone during the twelfth century. In 1952, it was extracted from a wall in the local cemetery and was the subject of short-lived attention before being thought lost for a very long time. This article attempts to shed some light on this little-known piece by providing a detailed description. More generally, it examines the history of the village church, which has been very poorly documented, and raises two precise questions. Could a sculpted work of this calibre have been made for a modest village like this? Could the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem (later the Order of Malta) which received the church of Spiennes and neighbouring church of Saint-Symphorien in 1177, have played a role in the existence of this baptismal font?