Bourne No. 1 / Bourn / Brune / Brunne

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design element - motifs - floral - Tudor flower

Scene Description: A row of four-leaf Tudor flower (not roses) at the upper basin border

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 November 2014 by Bob Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4230675] [accessed 5 August 2019]

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inscription

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 November 2014 by Bob Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4230675] [accessed 5 August 2019]

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view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 June 2015 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4535111] [accessed 5 August 2019]

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view of church exterior - southeast end

Scene Description: Source caption: "The frieze on the Esstern end of the Abbey Church is delicately carved at the end, but nowhere else. This probably reflects the re-use of stone from the old abbey buildings during later rebuilding."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 November 2014 by Bob Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4229047] [accessed 5 August 2019]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "The parish church of St Peter and St Paul at Bourne is better known as the Abbey Church [...] The font can be found in a prominent position at the west end of the church and a close look reveals that it was both painted and gilded at some time in the past."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2009 by Rex Needle [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4315308] [accessed 5 August 2019]

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view of church interior - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 June 2015 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4535285] [accessed 5 August 2019]

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view of font

Scene Description: note the absence of the iron staple on the upper rim, the plain rendition of the stem and the clearly drawn Tudor-flowers

Image Source: digital image of an engraving in Paley (1844: unpaged]

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view of font

Scene Description: note the presence of an iron staple on the upper rim, the motif around the upper rim side and the clearly divided stem into three parts.

Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Simpson (1828: 77)

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view of font - southeast side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 January 2016 by Bob Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4787842] [accessed 5 August 2019]

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view of font and cover in context - northeast side

Scene Description: Source caption: "The modern entry porch, the bell-ringing platform, and font at the West end of the Abbey."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 May 2014 by Bob Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4004436] [accessed 5 August 2019]

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view of font in context - east side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 September 2009 by Rex Needle [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4339185] [accessed 5 August 2019]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 01207BOU

Church/Chapel: Bourne Abbey and Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul

Church Location: Church Ln, Bourne PE10 9LY, UK -- Tel.: +44 1778 422412

Country Name: England

Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands

Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A15 [aka Bourne Rd, North/South Rd], 3 km N of Thurlby, 25 kms N of Peterborough

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln

Historical Region: Hundred of Aveland

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end; Simpson gave its location ca. 1828 as : "under the westermost of the south aisle arches"

Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular

Church Notes: Anglo-Saxon abbey church existed here in Domesday time; Augustinian canonry founded 1136/38; dissolved 1536 the abbey church became fully parochial thereafter

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There are six entries for this Bourne [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF0920/bourne/] [accessed 5 August 2019] two of which report "0.5 churches" in each. Simpson (1828) writes: "This Font is very plain, but the design as a plain one is good" and gives the text of the inscription [cf. Inscription area], the mostly abbreviated words of which spread over seven of the eight sides of the basin (the eighth is blank, probably meant to go against a wall or to be painted). Described and illustrated in Paley (1844): octagonal mounted font in the Perpendicular style. There is a row of four-leaf flowers of the type known as the "Tudor flower" around the upper border of the basin; the sides of the basin are panelled, one blank, the other seven contain portions of an inscription in large black lettering [cf. inscription]. Paley (ibid.) states that "It has lately been patched up with Roman cement, and sanded, to look like stone; the ancient details appear, however, to have been preserved." Bloxam (1859) provides the text of the transcription. Bond (1908) notes a "black-letter inscription" on this font [cf. Inscription area for text]. The inscription is also reported in Cox & Harvey (1907). Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with the inscription: Jesus est nomen quod est super omne nomen. The inscription is spread over the eight fields."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.7663, -0.3756

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 45′ 58.68″ N, 0° 22′ 32.16″ W

UTM: 30U 677057 5849503

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: lead-lined

Rim Thickness: 10 cm [calculated]

Diameter (inside rim): 50 cm* / 52.5 cm**

Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm* / 75 cm**

Basin Depth: 32.5 cm* / 31.25 cm**

Basin Total Height: 47.5 cm*

Height of Base: 57.5 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm* / 112.5 cm**

Notes on Measurements: * Paley (1844: unpaged) / ** Simpson (1828)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin

Inscription Notes: Transcribed in Cox, Paley, Bond and Pevsner: "Jesus est nomen quod est super omne nomen" [nomine?]

Inscription Location: On seven of the panels of the basin

Inscription Text: "SUP[er] OM[n]E NOM[ine] I. H. C. EST NOM[en] Q[uo]D E[st]"

Inscription Source: Simpson (1828: 77); Paley (1844: unpaged); Bloxam (1859)l; Cox (1907: 178); Bond (1985 c1908: 115); Pevsner et al. (1989: 173)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?

Material: wood, oak?

Apparatus: no

Notes: round and flat, with decoration on top and ring handle; appears modern

REFERENCES

Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche, The Principles of Gothic ecclesiastical architecture, with an explanation of technical terms […], London: W. Kent, 1859

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908

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

Moule, Thomas, The English counties delineated; or, A topographical description of England [...], London: George Virtue, 1837 [vol. 2]

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

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989

Simpson, Francis, A series of ancient baptismal fonts: chronologically arranged, drwan by F. Simpson, Jun., engraved by R. Roberts, London: Septimus Prowett, 1828