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]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
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: symbol - shield - coat of arms - Adam Bosville
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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"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: engraving of a drawing by Orlando Jewitt in Paley (1844: unpaged)
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view of font and cover
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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 font
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Image Source: engraving of a drawing by Orlando Jewitt in Paley (1844: unpaged)
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design element - patterns - tracery
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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.
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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 - motifs - floral - 8
Scene Description: rosettes and square flowers
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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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mike Snoswell, 2004
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 west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
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 east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
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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INFORMATION
Font ID: 01147SHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1362? / 1375?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, just off (N) the centre aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Shelfanger, Norfolk, IP22 2DG
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
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
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original church here)
Font Notes:
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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)
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.norfolkchurches.co.uk, for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 370520 5808325
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.40981, 1.0964
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 24′ 35.32″ N, 1° 5′ 47.04″ E
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 Location: on the basin sides
Inscription Text: ["A / B"]
Inscription Notes: foliated, capital "A / B" for "Adam Bosville", patron of the benefice mentioned in 1362 and 1375
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; p. 168
- Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810, vol. 1: 114-124 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=77099] [accessed 11 February 2013]
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, P. 169-170
- Davies, J.G., The Architectural Setting of Baptism, London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962, p. 79-80 and 80fn1
- Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
- Paley, Frederick Apthorp, Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts, London, UK: John van Voorst, 1844, p. 16, 26, 28 et al.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 2: North-West and South (2nd ed.), London: Penguin, 1999, p. 640