Brantigny No. 2

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design element - architectural - buttress - 4

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design element - architectural - niche - 4

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design element - patterns - gadrooned or ribbed

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design element - patterns - scalloped

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symbol - shield - blank - 4

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view of church interior - statue - Baptism of Christ

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux, détail"

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view of font and cover

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux, vue générale" -- showing the font and the sculpture of the Baptism of Christ

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux, vue générale" -- showing the font and the sculpture of the Baptism of Christ

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03110BRA
Church/Chapel: Eglise de l'Assomption de la Sainte Vierge (aussi appelée chapelle de Brantigny)
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: 1 Rue du Lavoir 10220 Piney, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aube, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D80-D960 crossroads, just NW of Piney, approximately 38-40 km SE of Nancy.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century (late?), Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00078179]: "Chapelle. Église de l'Assomption de la Sainte Vierge (aussi appelée chapelle de Brantigny) [...] 4e quart 15e siècle ; 1er quart 16e siècle".
Listed by Enlart (1890: p. 776 footnote 4) in a group of Renaissance pedestal fonts and described as "exemple très riche". The www.aube-champagne.com site dates to the 16th century. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM10001494]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Calcaire [...] Cuve baptismale à infusion [...] 4e quart 16e siècle" -- the listing includes a statue of the Baptism of Christ of the same period: "Groupe sculpté [...] Baptême du Christ [...] Jean-Baptiste a perdu sa main dextre". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: OA010031022271, AP10W01017, AP10W01015, AP10W01014]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.374445, 4.356248
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 22′ 28″ N, 4° 21′ 22.49″ E
UTM: 31U 600435 5358808

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: oval (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: oval

LID INFORMATION

Apparatus: no
Notes: oval, plain and flat; sculptural group of Baptism of Christ atop

REFERENCES

Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. Accessed: 2025-03-18 00:00:00. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. Accessed: 2025-03-18 00:00:00. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. Accessed: 2025-03-19 00:00:00. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. Accessed: 2025-03-19 00:00:00. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. Accessed: 2025-03-18 00:00:00. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.