Dunsby
Results: 5 records
B01: symbol - letter - i - circle
Scene Description: on one panel, and five small circles
B02: Christ - monogram
Scene Description: monogram of Christ -- on one side of the basin
B03: Christ - monogram
Scene Description: monogram of Jesus -- on one side of the basin
B04: symbol - word - Baptista
Scene Description: on one side of the basin
B05: symbol - word - Maria
Scene Description: on one side of the basin
INFORMATION
FontID: 01212DUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Dunsby, Bourne PE10 0UB, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1778 219626
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 6 km NE of Bourne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
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Cox & Harvey (1907): "The octagon font at Dunsby, Lincs., has a most puzzling inscription on its panels. On one panel are five small circles, the centre one containing the letter i, which seems to be intended to be used in reiteration with the surrounding consonants; probably it stands for In principio. On other panels are the monograms of Jesus and Christ, and the words baptista and Maria". Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], in the fields an inscription carried right round (cf. Bourne). It reads 'Jesus Christ Maria Baptista', and in the eigth panel what Cox [cf. supra] interpreted as 'in principio'."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.8269, -0.361
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 49′ 36.84″ N, 0° 21′ 39.6″ W
UTM: 30U 677795 5856278
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: On the side panels
Inscription Text: "i / [monogram of Jesus] / [monogram of Christ] / baptista / Maria"
Inscription Source: Cox & Harvey (1907: 181); Pevsner... (1989: 261)
REFERENCES
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907