Greetham nr. Oakham / Greatham / Gretam / Greteham / Gretham
Image copyright © Mary Curtis Webb, 2015
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human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: mixed, human and animal, at the upper corners
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Image Source: photograph in Mary Curtis Webb's "Ideas and Images in 12th century Sculpture" [http://greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/the_research_of_mary_curtis_we.html] [accessed 16 July 2015]
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design element - motifs - diaper
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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Image Source: photograph in Mary Curtis Webb's "Ideas and Images in 12th century Sculpture" [http://greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/the_research_of_mary_curtis_we.html] [accessed 16 July 2015]
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design element - architectural - arch
Scene Description: sets of multiple concentric or rippling arches that make up stylised manes for the heads
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Image Source: photograph in Mary Curtis Webb's "Ideas and Images in 12th century Sculpture" [http://greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/the_research_of_mary_curtis_we.html] [accessed 16 July 2015]
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design element - motifs - circle - 4
Scene Description: a plain circle with a Y-shaped line above, resembling a hanging medallion; on each side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mary Curtis Webb, 2015
Image Source: photograph in Mary Curtis Webb's "Ideas and Images in 12th century Sculpture" [http://greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/the_research_of_mary_curtis_we.html] [accessed 16 July 2015]
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design element - patterns - beaded-tape
Scene Description: at the bottom of the 'manes'
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Image Source: photograph in Mary Curtis Webb's "Ideas and Images in 12th century Sculpture" [http://greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/the_research_of_mary_curtis_we.html] [accessed 16 July 2015]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: notice the new-stone insert repairs and the metal staples on the side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mary Curtis Webb, 2015
Image Source: photograph in Mary Curtis Webb's "Ideas and Images in 12th century Sculpture" [http://greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/the_research_of_mary_curtis_we.html] [accessed 16 July 2015]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © William Browning, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2009 by William Browning [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1992288] [accessed 16 July 2015]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Felicity Salmon, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Felicity Salmon [www.greethamchurch.org.uk/greetham-church-history.html] [accessed 16 July 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Felicity Salmon, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Felicity Salmon [www.greethamchurch.org.uk/greetham-church-history.html] [accessed 16 July 2015
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 01839GRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the S aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Church Lane, Greetham, Rutland, LE15 7NF
Site Location: Rutland, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10 km NE of Oakham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Historical Region: Hundred of Alstoe
Additional Comments: altered font (the present one has a modern base) -- disappeared font? (the one from the original 11thC? / 12thC? church here)
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Greetham [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK9214/greetham/] [accessed 16 July 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Early English period in this church. The Victoria County History (Rutland, vol. 2, 1935) notes: "There was a further restoration [of this church] in 1897, when the south arcade [...] and the west wall of the south aisle were taken down and rebuilt, a certain amount of new material being introduced. In the rebuilt west wall of the aisle inside were inserted a number of 12th-century fragments [...] and two of preConquest date, [...] found during the restoration. No part of the existing fabric, however, appears to be earlier than c. 1200 [...] The font is shaped in the form of an early 13th century circular capital, with square top and moulded edge, below which is a line of dog-tooth, and at each angle is a carved head, [...] or mask, with a line of nail head below. It is set angle-wise on a drum-shaped modern base and square plinth." Pevsner (1984) notes: "Big capital of c. 1200 with large reeded leaves ending in head crockets. A dog-tooth frieze runs between the heads."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 659831 5843981
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.722069, -0.633376
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 43′ 19.45″ N, 0° 38′ 0.16″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: capital, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: square, with three panels atop; two handles; modern
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 215
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984, p. 473