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Breuville
(canton of Bricquebec, Manche)

Baptismal fonts

    Preserved in the church of Saint-Pierre in Breuville, the baptismal fonts present, on a basin in quadrangular form, a decoration of small palms, vegetation and rosettes. They were originally supported by five small columns, and a central column, with larger diameter, which has disappeared.

Bibliography

- Vivier, Emile. Seguin, Jean. “ Les anciens fonts baptismaux du département de la Manche ”, dans Revue de l’Avranchin, 1942-1943, T. XXXII, p. 14 à 183, (p. 34).
- “ Les siècles romans en Basse-Normandie ”, dans Art de Basse-Normandie, n° 92, Printemps 1985, p. 133.
- Thiebot, Jeanne. “ Fonts baptismaux et symbolisme à l’époque romane. Les fonts de Couville, Magneville et Breuville ”, Cahiers Léopold Delisle, T. XXXVII, fasc. 3-4, 1988.