Brux
Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 March 2014 by Michel Claveyrolas
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: much of it damaged now
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 March 2014 by Michel Claveyrolas
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: showing the west and the south portals into the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 March 2014 by Michel Claveyrolas
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
view of church exterior - west portal
Scene Description: is the planter on the south side of the door a former font?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © JLPC, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 24 October 2012 by JLPC [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brux_86_Façade_église_2012.jpg] [accessed 8 December 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © JLPC, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 October 2012 by JLPC [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brux_86_Façade_église_2012.jpg] [accessed 8 December 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Robin Poitou, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2014 by Robin Poitou [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Martin_de_Brux.jpg] [accessed 8 December 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - chancel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © JLPC, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 October 2012 by JLPC [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brux_86_Chœur_2012.jpg] [accessed 8 December 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 21560BRU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paoissiale Saint-Martin
Font Location in Church: inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: early 12thC church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00105367]: "Construite au début du 12e siècle, l'église est restée intacte, sans aucun ajout postérieur."
Church Address: 86510 Brux, France
Site Location: Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D25-D98 crossroads, NE of Chaunay, 40 km SSW of Poitiers, in the arrondissement of Montmorillon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Angoulême
Historical Region: Poitou-Charentes
Additional Comments: damaged font (the upper rim)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of stone, consisting of an octagonal basin with plain sides and a tall chamfered underbowl, its sides also plain; there is a flat rim with a double moulding on its chamfered side, but much of it is damaged or broken off; the basin is raised on a splaying octagonal base; both parts of the font are irregular, apparently the work of a local stonemason; there is a wooden modern font cover on it, flat and plain. If one should not assign an early date on account of crude workmanship, this font could well be of a later period than the original church [early-12th century]. There is an object of stone used as planter just outside the west doorway, on the south side; could this be a re-cycled font basin?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Michel Claveyrolas for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 283584 5124090
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.235922, 0.193097
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 14′ 9.32″ N, 0° 11′ 35.15″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain; modern