Carlton nr. Bedford / Carlentone
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animal - mammal - lion - head - vegetation stemming from its mouth
![there are at least three of these heads on the basin sides [one of which has tall ears or horns]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/permission_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: there are at least three of these heads on the basin sides [one of which has tall ears or horns]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, 2015
Image Source: B&W photograph by Hazel Gardiner, in the CRSBI [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/1325/] [accessed 11 September 2015]
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches
Scene Description: with only a few arches, visible on the right of the image
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Image Source: B&W photograph by Hazel Gardiner, in the CRSBI [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/1325/] [accessed 11 September 2015]
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design element - motifs - beaded-tape
Scene Description: some of the acanthus branches are done in beaded tape or ribbon
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design element - motifs - foliage - acanthus
Scene Description: stemming out of the lion heads and interlacing around the basin sides
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design element - motifs - fruit - acanthus - arum
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design element - motifs - interlace - quatrefoil with circle - god symbol - beaded-tape
Scene Description: partially visible here on the left
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: more like lobes, on the lower base -
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: the lower part of the basin originally, now the underbowl, forming the capitals of the outer colonnettes of the base -- this was all re-carved in the 13th or 14th century [cf. Font notes]
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design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
Scene Description: below the rope moulding of the rim
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: notice the damage on the right side
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view of basin - east side
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view of basin - north side
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view of basin - south side
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view of basin - south side
Scene Description: damage to the side, repaired with cement
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view of basin - southeast side
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 April 2010 by Cameraman [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1806756] [accessed 11 September 2015]
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view of church interior - plan
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Victoria County History, 2002
Image Source: digital image in [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42380] [accessed 17 October 2007]
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view of font and cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 01238CAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Bedfordshire, East
Directions to Site: Located 3-4 kn N of the A428, 18 km WNW of Bedford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of Willey
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the tower arch
Date: ca. 1130?
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only] [re-cut] -- 14th century [base only], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
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No entry for this Carlton found in the Domesday survey. Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire for 1898 reports: "the font is Transitional, with rude interlaced carving and cable moulding round the basin, and is supported on tall circular columns" [transcription in www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/BDF/Carlton/ [accessed 11 September 2015]. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a noteworthy baptismal font of the Norman period in this church. Pevsner (1968) states that the font underwent alterations from its original tub shape in the 13th century. The Victoria County History (Bedford, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "Carlton Church is not mentioned in the Domesday Survey, and the first reference has been found in 1206 [...] The font stands under the east arch of the tower, and has a round bowl of c. 1130, ornamented with an arcade of round-headed arches, on which are fleurs de lis and heads; it has been altered in the 14th century to fit a stem of six engaged shafts. The stem is now covered with plaster." Described and illustrated in the CRSBI (2015): "Tub-shaped orginally, but altered in the 13thc. (Pevsner) or 14thc. (VCH) to create a sexfoil at the base of the bowl, which now has clustered pillars beneath. The lead lined font is carved in shallow relief with a range of motifs." The CRSBI (ibid.) further notes that "The Carlton Church guide notes that the font was damaged 'during Cromwell's time'".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.184139, -0.608678
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 11′ 2.9″ N, 0° 36′ 31.24″ W
UTM: 30U 663479 5784215
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lead lining
Diameter (inside rim): 68 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 42 cm*
Basin Total Height: 59 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * CRSBI (2015)
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat, with metal decoration
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2007-10-17 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. Accessed: 2007-10-17 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907