Brienne-sur-Aisne
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view of church exterior - south view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 02787BRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 08190 Brinne-sur-Aisne, France
Country Name: France
Location: Ardennes, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located on the D925, 25 km N of Reims
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Reims-Ardennes
Historical Region: L'Asfeldois
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Ardennes group of Mosan fonts [Collin]
Cognate Fonts: Several other such in the area
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00078351]: "12e siècle ; 13e siècle".
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of black-blue Givet limestone; the round basin is decorated with four protruding human heads; between the the sides are decorated with a shallow arcade; raised on a plain broad cylindrical column and a plain square lower base. The wooden cover is round and flat, with a square opening for access to the basin interior; modern. Noted in Deleam (1955). Collin (1981) mentions the font at Brienne-sur-Aisne as one of the notables in the group of Ardennes fonts related to the Tournai style. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM08000085]: "fonts baptismaux [...] 12e siècle [...] Pierre noire ou bleue de Givert très dure." [i.e., pierre de Givet, aka "Givetien"]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.43293, 4.053468
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 25′ 58.55″ N, 4° 3′ 12.49″ E
UTM: 31U 576383 5476118
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (pierre de Givet)
Font Shape: round (with heads) (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round (with heads)
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Collin, Hubert, Champagne romane, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1981
Deleam, Fernand, "L'église de Brienne-sur-Aisne", no. 1 (avril 1955), La revue Etudes ardennaises, 1955, pp. 31-32; p. 32