Brantigny No. 2
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux, vue générale"
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symbol - shield - blank - 4
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design element - patterns - scalloped
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design element - patterns - gadrooned or ribbed
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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 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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 17 November 2008 by F. Griot [https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/OA010031022271] [accessed 18 March 2025]
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design element - architectural - niche - 4
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design element - architectural - buttress - 4
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Image Source: digital photograph 17 November 2008 by F. Griot [https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/OA010031022271] [accessed 18 March 2025]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03110BRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century (late?), Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Église de l'Assomption de la Sainte Vierge (aussi appelée chapelle de Brantigny)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
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".
Church Address: 1 Rue du Lavoir 10220 Piney, France
Site Location: Aube, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D80-D960 crossroads, just NW of Piney, approximately 38-40 km SE of Nancy.
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 31U 600435 5358808
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.374445, 4.356248
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 22′ 28″ N, 4° 21′ 22.49″ E
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, p. 776 footnote 4
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. 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. 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. 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. 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. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.