Castle Semple
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B01: symbol - cross - Latin
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 351); drawing in Walker (1887) showing elevation of three sides
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B02: design element - motifs - quatrefoil
Scene Description: around the crosses of the sides
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 351); drawing in Walker (1887) showing elevation of three sides
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 351); drawing in Walker (1887) showing elevation of the three other sides
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 351); drawing in Walker (1887) showing plan, section and elevations
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 351); drawing in Walker (1887) showing plan and section
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00921SEM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1504?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Collegiate Church, now in ruins
Font Location in Church: In the church ruins
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bride?
Church Notes: Walker (1887) relates that "the collegiate church was founded in 1504 by John, Lord Sempill, for a provost, six chaplains, two boys, and a sacristan".
Site Location: Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: The ruins are located near lake Lochwinnoch, about 12 km WSW of Paisley, jus W of the A737 (dir. Kilwinning)
Additional Comments: abandoned font: lies [ca. 1887] between the ruins of the collegiate church
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Walker (1887: 353 and ill. on p. 351); the monolithic basin is an irregular octagon, with a bold bead moulding worked on each angle and also on the upper edge of the bowl. Two of the sides are plain, the other six being ormamented with Latin crosses of different shapes, the upper limbs of one being cut into a leaf-like shape; on the same sides, and round the heads of the crosses, are cut four-leaved figures; all are raised above the surrounding surface. The inside well of the basin is rectangular in shape and placed to the one side "without the slightest regard for symmetry" (ibid., p. 353), quite an odd thing. There is no drain and no base.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 399659 6183124
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: no drainage system
Diameter (inside rim): 27.5 x 20 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 57.5 cm
Basin Depth: 12.5 cm
Height of Basin Side: 42.5 cm
Basin Total Height: 42.5 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 42.5 cm [base missing]
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 353) *NB: the inside well is rectangular
REFERENCES
- Walker, J. Russell, "Scottish Baptismal Fonts", 21 or N.S. 9, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1887, pp. 346-448; p. 353 and ill. on p. 351