Bresle / Bresles

INFORMATION

FontID: 03649BRE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church

Country Name: France

Location: Oise, Hauts-de-France

Directions to Site: uncertain site] A Bresles is located about 10 km E of Beauvais.

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: Gentelles, Fouencamp, Buleux

Font Notes: Click to view

It is unclear whether this is the site referred to by Cloquet in the Revue de l'art chrétien (no. 40, 1890, p. 415) in which it it is mentioned among a group of square mounted fonts [the text has "Bresle"].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, unknown

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Cloquet, Louis, "Travaux des sociétés savantes: Comité des travaux historiques", 40, Revue de l'art chrétien, 1890, pp. 415-420; p. 415