Brainville / Brainvilla / Brenvilla
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03292BRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Cognate Fonts: Montchaton and Ancteville, both in Manche
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Aubin de Brainville
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Aubin [aka Albinus of Angers]
Church Notes: 14thC church; modified 17thC
Church Address: Rue de l'Église, 50200 Brainville, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Brainville is located off the D144, 6 km NW of Coutances.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 609524 5438047
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.085524, -1.499997
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 5′ 7.88″ N, 1° 29′ 59.99″ W
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, p. 49