Melrose Abbey
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 413)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00970MEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Melrose Abbey
Church Address: Abbey St, Melrose TD6 9LG, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1896 822562
Site Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Melrose is located 6-7 km E of Galashields, in the NTS' Priorwood Gardens
Historical Region: formerly Roxburghshire
Additional Comments: doubtful font: 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 waterr 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.
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 517783 6161475
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.598889, -2.717778
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 35′ 56″ N, 2° 43′ 4″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
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, p. 448
- Walker, J. Russell, "Scottish Baptismal Fonts", 21 or N.S. 9, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1887, pp. 346-448; p. 412 and ill. on p. 413