Aberdeen No. 1
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B01: symbol - shield - emblem - Christ's initials - crowned
![on one of the panels of the basin [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0020314103_compressed.png)
Scene Description: on one of the panels of the basin [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 400)
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B02: symbol - shield - emblem - Christ - the five wounded limbs of Christ: heart (side-wound), hands, and feet
Scene Description: on one of the panels of the basin [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 400)
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B03: symbol - shield - monogram - omega - crowned
Scene Description: on one of the panels of the basin [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 400)
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B04: symbol - shield - emblem - Christ - the five wounded limbs of Christ: heart (side-wound), hands, and feet - heart pierced by sword
![on one of the panels of the basin [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0020314104_compressed.png)
Scene Description: on one of the panels of the basin [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 400)
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B05: design element - motifs - floral - Tudor rose
Scene Description: on one of the panels of the basin [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 400)
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B06: symbol - shield - monogram - AG - Alexander Galloway
![on one of the panels of the basin [cf. FontNotes]); identified as the initials of Alexander Galloway, rector of Kinkell and donor of the font](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0020314105_compressed.png)
Scene Description: on one of the panels of the basin [cf. FontNotes]); identified as the initials of Alexander Galloway, rector of Kinkell and donor of the font
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 400)
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B07: design element - motifs - floral - Tudor rose
Scene Description: on one of the panels of the basin [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 400)
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B08: symbol - shield - emblem - Christ - the instruments of the Passion - cross, crown of thorns
Scene Description: on one of the panels of the basin [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 400)
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 400); drawing in Walker (1887) showing sides 1, 2 and 3 of the basin
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view of font - plan, elevation and section
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 400)
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Scene Description: Drawing in MacGibbon & Ross (1896-1897) showing the basin and the seven motifs (the Tudor rose motif appears on sides 5 and 7)
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Image Source: MacGibbon & Ross (1896-1897)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00958STJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early), Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: St John's Episcopal Church [orig. from St. Michael's church in Kinkell, in the diocese of Aberdeen].
Font Location in Church: Inside the new Episcopal church of St John, Aberdeen
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Notes: St. John's church in Aberdeen was consecrated in 1851 (Walker, 1887)
Church Address: St John's Place, Off Crown Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6NG, UK
Site Location: Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Additional Comments: recycled font: originally from Kinkell; only the basin is original; base added in 1851
Font Notes:
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Described in Walker (1887): the basin of the font is the original, but the shaft and base where restored in 1851 by a Mr. Matthews when the font, which was originally from the church of St. Michael, Kinkell, now in ruins, was presented to the church of St. John, Aberdeen, at the time of its consecration. The basin is octagonal, with a sunken panel on each face, each panel charged with a shield or monogram: 1)IHS monogram with crown atop; 2)shield with heart in the centre, pierced hands at upper corners and pierced feet at lower corners; 3)monogram: omega or joined "Qs", crowned; 4)shield with heart pierced by sword; 5)Tudor rose; 6)shield with monogram: letters A and G linked by what appears as a religious cingulum; 7)Tudor rose; 8)shield with Latin cross and crown of thorns hanging from it. The chamfered underbowl has roll mouldings at top and bottom as does the octagonal stem and lower base which are otherwise plain. Described and illustrated in MacGibbon & Ross (1896-1897: 385-386 and fig. 1319), who identify the initials "AG" as those of Alexander Galloway "who was rector of Kinkell in 1528, and who was also the architect of the first bridge of ten arches over the Dee at Aberdeen"; "he was one of the best known ecclesiastics of Scotland before the Reformation, and gifted this font to the Church of Kinkell."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30V 554393 6333699
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.143324, -2.101135
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 8′ 35.96″ N, 2° 6′ 4.09″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granit (basin only)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin & base
Rim Thickness: 9 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 45 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 62.5 cm
Basin Depth: 23.75 cm
Basin Total Height: 46.25 cm
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 401)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: letters
Inscription Location: on the basin sides
Inscription Text: 1) IHS emblem
2) Omega
3) A G linged by a belt or cord
Inscription Notes: the three sets are on different sides, IHS and Omega are crowned, while AG are inside a shield and linked by a cord
Inscription Source: Drawing in MacGibbons & Ross (1896-1897: fig. 1319); drawing in Walker (1887: 400)
REFERENCES
- MacGibbon, David, Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland: from the Earliest Christian Times to the Seventeenth Century, Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1896-1897, p. 385-386 and fig. 1319
- Walker, J. Russell, "Scottish Baptismal Fonts", 21 or N.S. 9, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1887, pp. 346-448; p. 401 and ill. on p. 400