Brainville / Brainvilla / Brenvilla

INFORMATION

FontID: 03292BRA
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Aubin de Brainville
Church Patron Saints: St. Aubin [aka Albinus of Angers]
Church Location: Rue de l'Église, 50200 Brainville, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Brainville is located off the D144, 6 km NW of Coutances.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Cognate Fonts: Montchaton and Ancteville, both in Manche
Church Notes: 14thC church; modified 17thC
Included in Vivier-Seguin among the Gothic fonts of the diocese of Coutances. Similar in general to the ones at Montchaton and Ancteville, they lack the spandrel motifs and have a taller more slender base, although the colonnettes themselves are only 18 cm tall. V-S report a tall conical wooden cover (Vivier, 1941). Listed in Wikimanche [https://www.wikimanche.fr/Église_Saint-Aubin_(Brainville)#cite_note-ADM-1] [accessed 26 March 2025]: "fonts baptismaux (XIIIe-XIVe s.) dont la cuve hémisphérique repose sur un fût principal et quatre colonnettes auxiliaires. Des arcatures trilobées joignent ces quatre colonnes".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.085524, -1.499997
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 5′ 7.88″ N, 1° 29′ 59.99″ W
UTM: 30U 609524 5438047

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: hemispheric
Diameter (includes rim): 82.8 cm [260 cm*]
Notes on Measurements: *This measurement given in Vivier, 1941, p. 49 is probably the circumpherence

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,

REFERENCES

Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941