Sandhurst nr. Gloucester / Sanher

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Christ - Christ in Majesty? [or Apostle?]

Scene Description: One of the figures has the right hand raised in benediction while the left holds a book on his knee; the figures appear on alternate arches; there may be two distinct figures represented [are they Apostles? or just different renditions of the Majestas Domini?] others contain ornamental vine [or Tree of Life?] motifs

Image Source: photograph taken 28 October 1982 by Timothy Marlow

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)

design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - 11 arches

Scene Description: the inside of the arches has varied ornamental patterns

Image Source: photograph taken 28 October 1982 by Timothy Marlow

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)

design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: all around

Image Source: photograph taken 28 October 1982 by Timothy Marlow

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)

design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: all around the lower basin side

Image Source: photograph taken 28 October 1982 by Timothy Marlow

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)

design element - motifs - vine

Scene Description: in some of the arches; alternating with seated figures

Image Source: photograph taken 28 October 1982 by Timothy Marlow

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: a possible definition of one of the lead panes

Image Source: digital image created by John Wilkes in January 2008

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of basin - projection

Scene Description: a re-created projection of the basin program

Image Source: digital image created by John Wilkes in January 2008

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view of basin - projection

Scene Description: a comparative re-created projection of the basin program

Image Source: digital image created by John Wilkes in January 2008

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes in March 2007

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the font in the foreground

Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes in March 2007

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font - detail

Image Source: B&W photograph in Stone (1955)

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view of font and cover

Image Source: photograph taken 28 October 1982 by Timothy Marlow

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)

view of font and cover

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view of font and cover

Image Source: photograph taken 28 October 1982 by Timothy Marlow

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)

INFORMATION

FontID: 00261SAN

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Lawrence

Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]

Church Location: Sandhurst Lane, Sandhurst, Gloucestershire, GL2 9NP

Country Name: England

Location: Gloucestershire, South West

Directions to Site: Located E of the A417, 5 km NNW of Gloucester

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester

Historical Region: Hundred of Dudstone [in Domesday]

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, S aisle, by the S entrance

Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead font

Cognate Fonts: Frampton-on Severn, Siston, Oxenhall, Tidenham, and Lancaut (Gloucestershire). All from the same mould.

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, and to Timothy Marlow for their photographs of this church and font. [cf. Index entries for Frampton-on-Severn and Lancaut for similar details on lead fonts].

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There is an entry for this Sandhurst [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO8223/sandhurst/] [accessed 17 February 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. A font here is described and illustrated in Bond (1908) as a cylindrical lead font; in its ornamentation "the chief feature is a large arcade, generally with prominent figures under the arches". The arcade consists of eleven arches. In Fryer (1908) [NB: Fryer's entry gives the church dedication as St. Mary -- it is dedicated to St. Lawrence]. Dated in Stone (1955) to the mid-twelfth century. Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. One of six late C12 lead fonts in Gloucestershire […] Round bowl with an arcade of eleven compartments in low relief, containing five seated figures and six foliated scrolls. C19 stone stem."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.9083, -2.2515

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 54′ 30.63″ N, 2° 15′ 04.64″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, lead

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Diameter (inside rim): 58.75 cm*

Basin Total Height: 55 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Fryer (1908: 281)]

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood, oak?

Apparatus: no

Notes: flat and round, with metal decoration and handle

REFERENCES

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907

Crossley, Frederick Herbert, English Church Craftsmanship: an Introduction to the Work of the Mediaval Period and Some Account of Later Developments, London: B.T. Batsford, 1941

Fryer, Alfred C., "The Gloucestershire fonts", 31(1908); 34(1911); 40(1917); 41(1918); 42(1920), Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 1908, 1911, 1920, pp. 31 (277-281); 34 (195-207); 40(39-56); 41 (27-35); 42 (69-88); r["References"]

Stone, Lawrence, Sculpture in Britain: the Middle Ages, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1955

Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002