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B01: design element - motifs - medallion - 4
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stone, 1955
Image Source: B&W photograph in Stone (1955)
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BH01: human figure - head - 4
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stone, 1955
Image Source: B&W photograph in Stone (1955)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 01467LAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Norman / Transitional?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Cornish font
Cognate Fonts: Callington, Alternon, Southill, etc. [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: 3 Church St, Landrake, Saltash PL12 5DP, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1752 844456
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A38, 4-5 km NW of Saltash, 12 km NW of Plymouth
Font Notes:
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Noted in Lysons (1806-1833) as one of a group of remarkable fonts in this county, "all nearly alike, being square at the top, with human heads at the corners, and circles inclosing [sic] stars on the sides, supported by serpents, &c." Noted in 'On the ancient stone fonts of Cornwall' (1851) as one of a group of "Fonts of very similar character are to be found in the churches of S. Nunn, Altarnun ; S. James, Jacobstowe ; S. Peter, Landrake ; S. Thomas by Launceston : and there are curious fonts of different character in the churches of SS. Mevan and Issi, Mevagissey ; S. Stephen by Launceston ; S. Andrew, Whitstone ; S. Marnarch, Lanreath, &c." Described and illustrated in Fryer (1901) as a Norman Transitional font. Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a handsome Norman font somewhat resembling those at St. Stephen and Maker; the hemispheric basin is squared at the top by the four human faces at the angles, but there are no shafts proceeding from them; sides have large petalled medallions. Cox (1912) lists this as one of a group of Cornish fonts made from Dorsetshire Purbeck limestone: "Early Norm[an] font of Purbeck, with square bowl and faces at the angles, is good example of Callington type" [i.e., Altarnun, etc.] Dated in Stone (1955) to the last quarter of the twelth century.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 408327 5586319
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.42174, -4.2905
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 25′ 18.26″ N, 4° 17′ 25.8″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (Dorsetshire Purbeck)
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- "On the ancient stone fonts of Cornwall: a communication", 83 (April 1851) / New Series no. 47, Ecclesiologist, 1851, pp. 96-102; p. 99
- Clarke, Kate M., "The baptismal fonts of Devon -- Part VI", 51, Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, 1919, pp. 211-221; p. 214
- Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 12
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 191, 192, 193
- Fryer, Alfred C., "A Group of Transitional-Norman Fonts", VII, British Archaeological Association Journal. New Series, [?], pp. 215ff; p. [?]
- Lysons, Daniel, Magna Britannia, being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain, London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806-1822, vol. III: p. ccxxiii
- Stone, Lawrence, Sculpture in Britain: the Middle Ages, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1955, pl. 67B