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Image Source: Walker (1887: 374)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00935CRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Columba?
Font Location in Church: "It is at present inverted on top of a monument in the chruchyard" (Walker, 1887)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Columba [aka Colmcille, Colomban, Columcille]
Church Notes: Walker (1887) informs that the church "originally dedicated to St Columba, was rebuilt in 1656."
Church Address: Cramond Glebe Rd, Cramond, Edinburgh EH4 6NS, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 131 336 2036
Site Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in the north-western-most corner of Edinburgh, right on the coast
Additional Comments: abandoned font: at present [ca. 1887] inverted on top of a monument in the churchyard.
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Walker (1887) as "a late cup-shaped bowl. It is at present inverted on top of a monument in the churchyard. The upper rim of the bowl has a bold bead and fillet worked on it, and there is a small square fillet at the base. The whole of the body is ornamented with a simple but curious overlapping diamond-shaped design [...]".
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 481279 6203638
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.9777, -3.3
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 58′ 39.72″ N, 3° 18′ 0″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Rim Thickness: 7-8 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 62.5 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 47.5 cm
Basin Depth: 20 cm
Basin Total Height: 30 cm
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1987: 371)
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. 371 and ill. on p. 374