Melrose Abbey
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 413)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 00970MEL
Church/Chapel: Melrose Abbey
Church Location: Abbey St, Melrose TD6 9LG, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1896 822562
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Scottish Borders
Directions to Site: Melrose is located 6-7 km E of Galashields, in the NTS' Priorwood Gardens
Historical Region: formerly Roxburghshire
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Walker (1887) states his doubts about a bucket-shaped stone object at Melrose Abbey being a baptismal font; he was certain though that it is not a holy water stoup nor a piscina. The object is bucket-shaped inside and out, with thick walls and a central drain hole at the bottom of the well. A stoup of the Early English period is noted in Parker (1850).
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
55.598889,
-2.717778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
55° 35′ 56″ N,
2° 43′ 4″ W
UTM: 30U 517783 6161475
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Notes on Measurements: no measurements given in Walker (1887)
REFERENCES
Parker, John Henry, A Glossary of Terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic Architecture, Oxford: J. H. Parker, 1850
Walker, J. Russell, "Scottish Baptismal Fonts", 21 or N.S. 9, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1887, pp. 346-448; r["References"]