Duloe No. 1
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B01: symbol - shield - blank - in a quatrefoil - in a circle - 8
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UB01: human figure - 8?
Scene Description: in the niches or panels of the stem of the base
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view of font and cover
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view of church exterior
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 01518DUL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Cuby and St. Leonard
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cuby [aka Cubi, Cubye, Cybi, Kebi] & St. Leonard
Church Address: The Green, Duloe, Liskeard PL14 4PW, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1503 265913
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B3254, 7 km S of Liskeard
Font Notes:
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Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Described in Cox (1912): "Large octagonal 15th cent, font of granite, 46 in. high
and 37 in. in diameter, is boldly carved with shields in quatrefoils." Noted also in Pevsner (1970) as an octagonal font of the Perpendicular period decorated with shields in quatrefoils in circles [cf. Index entries for Duloe No. 2 and No. 3, for a contemporary holy-water stoup, and an early font basin, respectively]
and 37 in. in diameter, is boldly carved with shields in quatrefoils." Noted also in Pevsner (1970) as an octagonal font of the Perpendicular period decorated with shields in quatrefoils in circles [cf. Index entries for Duloe No. 2 and No. 3, for a contemporary holy-water stoup, and an early font basin, respectively]
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COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 394298 5584198
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.400312, -4.487315
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 24′ 1.12″ N, 4° 29′ 14.33″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 92.5 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 115 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Cox (1912)]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Notes: round and flat
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 94
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 193
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970, p. 63