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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michelle Piton-Caron, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 September 2012 by Michelle Piton-Caron [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bréxent_église_2.jpg] [accessed 10 July 2017]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michelle Piton-Caron, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 September 2012 by Michelle Piton-Caron [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bréxent_église_1.jpg] [accessed 10 July 2017]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption" Fonts baptismaux dans l'église de Brexent "
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © André Lemoine, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 30 December 2011 by André Lemoine [http://www.wikipasdecalais.fr/index.php?title=Fichier:Brexent_-_fonts_baptismaux.JPG] [accessed 12 August 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 21318BRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Brice de Bréxent
Church Patron Saints: St. Brice [aka Britius]
Church Location: rue de l'Église, 62170 Bréxent-Énocq, France -- Tel.: +33 3 21 06 20 97
Country Name: France
Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Bréxent and Enocq, each with its own church and cemetery, are located off the D146, between Maresville (N) and Beutin, E of Etaples and Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, SSE of Boulogne-sur-Mar
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of limestone in the parish church at Bréxent is listed as late-12th century in Palissy [ref.: PM62000412], "Taillés dans un ancien chapiteau en calcaire oolithe [...] Ce chapiteau proviendrait de l'abbaye de Longvillers."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: round platform with four scroll ribs around central pivot -- 16th-17thC style