Ipswich No. 5
Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2005
Standing permission
Results: 13 records
B01: design element - architectural - arch or window - cinquefoiled - 16
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2005
Image Source: digital phtograph taken 3 August 2005 by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
BU01: angel - head - 8
Scene Description: note the uncharacteristic head-dress worn by the angels here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [2005?] by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stnicholasipswich.htm] [accessed 9 April 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
LBF01: Apostle or saint - with scroll - inscribed scroll - unidentified
Scene Description: this figure carries a writing implement in the right hand
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph [2005?] by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stnicholasipswich.htm] [accessed 9 April 2009]
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LBF02: Apostle or saint - with scroll - inscribed scroll - unidentified
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph [2005?] by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stnicholasipswich.htm] [accessed 9 April 2009]
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LBF03: Apostle or saint - with scroll - inscribed scroll - unidentified
Scene Description: this figure carries a writing implement in the right hand
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph [2005?] by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stnicholasipswich.htm] [accessed 9 April 2009]
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LBF04: Apostle or saint - with scroll - inscribed scroll - unidentified
Scene Description: the only figure whose hands are nor visible; the scroll is wrapped around its lower body
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph [2005?] by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stnicholasipswich.htm] [accessed 9 April 2009]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2005
Image Source: digital phtograph taken 3 August 2005 by Janice Tostevin
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view of church exterior - west tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph [2005?] by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stnicholasipswich.htm] [accessed 9 April 2009]
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view of church interior - nave - west end
Scene Description: the font at the back
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph [2005?] by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stnicholasipswich.htm] [accessed 9 April 2009]
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view of base - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [2005?] by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stnicholasipswich.htm] [accessed 9 April 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of base - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [2005?] by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stnicholasipswich.htm] [accessed 9 April 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of base - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [2005?] by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stnicholasipswich.htm] [accessed 9 April 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of base - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [2005?] by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stnicholasipswich.htm] [accessed 9 April 2009]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 01884NIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, by the tower arch
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Notes: church ca. 1300; re-built 1849
Church Address: Ipswich IP1 1UQ, United Kingdom
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in Ipswich city centre
Additional Comments: altered font?
Font Notes:
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Parker (1855) reported only a modern font in this church. Described and illustrated in Knott ([2005?]), who reports that the font from Ipswich St. Lawrence was moved to St. Nicholas when St Lawrence church was renovated in the 1860s: "The font is a good one; the bowl features sixteen niches, two on each panel, which were presumably painted at one time, perhaps with Saints. The stem is supported by the four Evangelists, each holding a scroll." The octagonal basin has pairs of cinquefoil arches or windows on the sides; the underbowl chamfer has the usual cherub heads, but here in the appearance of normal human heads, wearing stylish head-dress, at the angles; the octagonal stem has four standing figures holding inscribed scrolls (two of them are clearly shown holding a writing implement), but they appear to be saints, at least one female, rather than the four Evangelists.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.suffolkchurches.co.uk, and to Janice Tostevin, for the information on and photographs of this church and font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 373267 5768744
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.05479, 1.151601
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 3′ 17.24″ N, 1° 9′ 5.77″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the scrolls or banderoles carried by the figures of the base
Inscription Text: [text not available]
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, p. 179
- Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
- Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]