Brevands / Brévands
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Martin de Brévands. Vue sud-est"
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![Source caption: "Plaque commémorative 14-18 et fonts baptismaux de l'église Saint-Martin de Brévands" -- the modern font of 1853 [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1250323019_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Plaque commémorative 14-18 et fonts baptismaux de l'église Saint-Martin de Brévands" -- the modern font of 1853 [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © ChBougui, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 24 February 2018 by ChBougui [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plaque_commémorative_14-18_et_fonts_baptismaux_de_l'église_Saint-Martin_de_Brévands.jpg] [accessed 23 March 2025]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03244BRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin de Brévands
Font Location in Church: In the presbitery garden [ca. 1941]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin
Church Notes: 12thC church -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00110342]: "2e moitié 12e siècle ; 4e quart 17e siècle"
Church Address: Rue de l'Église, 50500 Carentan-les-Marais, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D89E, in the Marais area, just N of Carentan, about 35 km E Bayeux
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Historical Region: Basse-Normandie
Font Notes:
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A mid-19th century baptismal font in this church is listed in Palissy [ref.: PM50010883]: "Fonts baptismaux et leur couvercle [...] Fonts baptismaux en marbre gris veiné avec leur couvercle en laiton battu et doré [...] 1853 [...] Marbre veiné (gris) : taillé ; laiton : doré [...] H = 130 ; la = 83 ; pr = 55". According to Vivier-Seguin this is an early tub-shaped font; the only ornament is the two torus around its middle. V-S put forth that, since Brévands has an early Christian tradition going back to the 8th century, it is quite possible it may have been one of the earliest Christian centres of the region and that this font would have been used for immersion (Vivier, 1941) [NB: to be treated 'cum grano salis'; far too many 'earliest Christian centres' claimed, most of which translate into 11th to 13th century sites!]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 631474 5465865
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.33134, -1.190421
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 19′ 52.82″ N, 1° 11′ 25.52″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 22 cm (Vivier-S.)
Diameter (includes rim): 95 cm (Vivier-S.)
Height of Basin Side: 60 cm (Vivier-S.)
Basin Total Height: 60 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 60 cm
Notes on Measurements: Vivier, 1941, p. 15-16
REFERENCES
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 15-16