Shelfanger / Scelvangra / Schelfangyll / Shelfangles / Shelfhanger / Shelfhangre

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B01: symbol - letter - A

Scene Description: a foliated crown on a capital "A" for "Adam" [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: digital photograph March 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/shelfanger/shelfanger.htm] [accessed 25 August 2009]

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B02: coat of arms - Adam Bosville

Image Source: digital photograph March 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/shelfanger/shelfanger.htm] [accessed 25 August 2009]

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B03: symbol - letter - B

Scene Description: a foliated crown on a capital "B", for "Bosville"

Image Source: engraving of a drawing by Orlando Jewitt in Paley (1844: unpaged)

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design element - motifs - floral - 8

Scene Description: rosettes and square flowers

Image Source: digital photograph March 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/shelfanger/shelfanger.htm] [accessed 25 August 2009]

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design element - patterns - tracery

Image Source: digital photograph March 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/shelfanger/shelfanger.htm] [accessed 25 August 2009]

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human figure - head - 8

Scene Description: individualised: some young, some bearded, etc.

Image Source: digital photograph March 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/shelfanger/shelfanger.htm] [accessed 25 August 2009]

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 November 2004 by Mike Snoswell [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/198245] [accessed 11 February 2013]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph March 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/shelfanger/shelfanger.htm] [accessed 11 February 2013]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph March 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/shelfanger/shelfanger.htm] [accessed 11 February 2013]

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view of font

Image Source: engraving of a drawing by Orlando Jewitt in Paley (1844: unpaged)

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph March 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/shelfanger/shelfanger.htm] [accessed 25 August 2009]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 01147SHE

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints

Church Patron Saints: All Saints

Church Location: Shelfanger, Norfolk, IP22 2DG

Country Name: England

Location: Norfolk, East Anglia

Directions to Site: Located on the B1077, just N of Palgrave, 5 km N of Diss

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich

Historical Region: Hundred of Diss

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, just off (N) the centre aisle

Date: ca. 1362? / 1375?

Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated

Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.norfolkchurches.co.uk, for his photographs of this church and font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Blomefield (1805-1810) notes: "On the font I saw the arms of Bosville, (a I suppose,) carved in stone, with A on one side, and B on the other, being the initial letters of the name of Adam Bosville, who was patron in 1362, about which time this might be set up". The church itself would have been much older, as Blomefield (ibid.) names "Eudo, parson of Shelfhangre, in the time of John de Ho, Lord" in 1272. Described, with an illustration by Orlando Jewitt, in Paley (1844) as "a very beautiful Decorated Font [...] the sides of the bowl panelled with ogee headed arches and spandrels; they contain shields, with other sculptures: on one, are the arms of Adam Bosville, (a shield charged with a fesse between six fleur-de-lis,) who was patron of the living in 1362, and probably the donor of the Font; on either side are his initials, A. B." Described in Romilly Allen (1888) as a Decorated font [R.A. agrees with Paley on the identification of the initials -- R.A. spells the location "Shelfhanger"]. There are human heads, one to each angle of the basin bottom rim, and four-leaf rosettes, one between each pair of heads. "The shaft is also octagonal and plain, having each side slightly curved or hollowed inward. The interior is lined with lead, which bears the date of 1639, Dec. 12." (ibid.) The font is raised on an octagonal plinth. Cox & Harvey (1907) note that this font "contains the arms and initials of Adam Bosville, who died in 1360", but their information is less accurate than Paley's. Pevesner & Wilson (1999) note that Adam Bosville "is mentioned as patron of the church in 1362 and 1375." Noted and illustrated in Knott (2006)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.40981, 1.0964

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 24′ 35.32″ N, 1° 5′ 47.04″ E

UTM: 31U 370520 5808325

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: Lead lining inspected circa 1844 showed the date Dec. 12, 1639 (Paley, 1844, unpaged)

Rim Thickness: 11 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 57.5 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 79 cm

Basin Depth: 30 cm

Basin Total Height: 60 cm

Height of Base: 47.5 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 107.5 cm

Notes on Measurements: Paley (1844: unpaged)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: initials

Inscription Notes: foliated, capital "A / B" for "Adam Bosville", patron of the benefice mentioned in 1362 and 1375

Inscription Location: on the basin sides

Inscription Text: ["A / B"]

Inscription Source: Blomefield (1805-1810), Paley (1844) and Romilly Allen (1888)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: octagonal, flat and plain; appears modern

REFERENCES

Allen, J. Romilly, "On the Antiquity of Fonts in Great Britain", XLIV, Journal of the British Archaeological Association, 1888, pp. 164-173; r["References"]

Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907

Davies, J.G., The Architectural Setting of Baptism, London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962

Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-08-25 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.

Paley, Frederick Apthorp, Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts, London, UK: John van Voorst, 1844

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 2: North-West and South (2nd ed.), London: Penguin, 1999