Fowlis No. 2 / Fowlis Easter / Foulis Easter

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Results: 6 records

B01: design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis

Scene Description: on the front side of the stoup

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B01: design element - motifs - floral - lily

Scene Description: a large one on the front side of the basin

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Image Source: Drawing in MacGibbon & Ross (1896-1897, v. III: fig. 1112)

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B02: design element - motifs - floral

Scene Description: on the left side of the stoup

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B02: design element - motifs - floral - flower

Scene Description: at least two on each of the lateral basin sides

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Image Source: Drawing in MacGibbon & Ross (1896-1897, v. III: fig. 1112)

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view of stoup

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view of stoup in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05683FOW
Church/Chapel: Fowlis Easter Church
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Angus, Perthshire
Directions to Site: Located just a few km EEN of Dundee
Historical Region: formerly Perthshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, west doorway, north side
Century and Period: 16th century, Gothic
Cognate Fonts: Another such on the south side of the same west doorway
Illustrated in MacGibbon & Ross (1896-1897) as a wall-mounted holy-water stoup; the plan is quadrangular at the top, with a round inside well; on the outer sides, at the front, a large lilly; the left and right sides have flower motifs. Noted and illustrated in Gibbs (2005) [NB: supposedly one of two; the other is on the south side and is not illustrated, nor is it mentioned in Gibbs - cf. Index entry for Fowlis No. 3 -- cf. Index entry for Fowlis No. 1 for a noteworthy 16th-century baptismal font in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: quadrangular (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: quadrangular

REFERENCES

Gibbs, Robert, "Scottish Gothic Churches and Abbeys [course notes]", 2005
MacGibbon, David, Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland: from the Earliest Christian Times to the Seventeenth Century, Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1896-1897