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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: seen here inside the parapet that hides the lower part of the font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2013 by BSI

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the latest baptismal font in the Minster: designed by Charles Gurrey [www.charlesgurrey.com], sponsored by The Friends of York Minster

Scene Description: the latest baptismal font in the Minster: designed by Charles Gurrey [www.charlesgurrey.com], sponsored by The Friends of York Minster

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2013 by BSI

view of basin - interior

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: seen from Low Petergate

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2007 by Pessimist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:York_Minster_Shambles.JPG] [accessed 14 July 2013]

Copyright Instructions: Released by its author into the public domain

view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: Minster museum: carved pieces from the building

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2013 by BSI

view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: Minster museum: carved pieces from the building

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view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: Minster museum: carved pieces from the building

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view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: Minster museum: carved pieces from the building

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Scene Description: Minster museum: carved pieces from the building

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Scene Description: Minster museum: carved pieces from the building

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view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: Minster museum: tomb of Walter de Grey, archbishop of York ca. 1200

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Scene Description: Minster museum: tomb of Walter de Grey, archbishop of York ca. 1200

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Scene Description: Minster museum: bishop staff

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Scene Description: Minster museum: portable font?

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Scene Description: Minster museum: portable font?

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view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: Minster museum: tomb of Walter de Grey, archbishop of York ca. 1200

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view of church exterior - south portal

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view of church exterior - southwest end

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view of church exterior - southwest end

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view of church exterior - west end - detail

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view of church exterior - west portal

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view of church exterior - west portal - detail

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view of church exterior - west view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 December 2003 by Andy Barrett [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:YorkMinsterWest.jpg] [accessed 14 July 2013]

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view of church interior - altar

Scene Description: looking west

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view of church interior - chancel

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view of church interior - chancel

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view of church interior - chancel - detail

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view of church interior - choir

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view of church interior - choir - lectern

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view of church interior - choir - lectern - detail

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view of church interior - choir - stalls - detail

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view of church interior - choir - stalls - detail

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view of church interior - choir - stalls - detail

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view of church interior - choir - stalls - detail

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view of church interior - crypt

Scene Description: the entrance to the crypt from the north aisle

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view of church interior - crypt - west side - detail

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view of church interior - crypt - west side - detail

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view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: the 'Doomstone' in the crypt: said to be from the Norman building here

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view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: the 'Doomstone' in the crypt: said to be from the Norman building here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: the 'Doomstone' in the crypt: said to be from the Norman building here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: the 'Doomstone' in the crypt: said to be from the Norman building here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: the 'Doomstone' in the crypt: said to be from the Norman building here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: the 'Doomstone' in the crypt: said to be from the Norman building here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - monument

Scene Description: north aisle, towards the east end

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view of church interior - monument

Scene Description: north aisle, towards the east end

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Scene Description: north aisle, towards the east end

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view of church interior - nave

Scene Description: note the old font-cover anchor above the fourth arch from the right

Image Source: B&W photograph in Bond (1908)

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view of church interior - nave - ceiling - detail

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view of church interior - nave - ceiling - detail

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of church interior - nave - rood-screen, choir-screen; iconostasis

Scene Description: the King's Screen

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view of church interior - nave - rood-screen, choir-screen; iconostasis - detail

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view of church interior - nave - west end

Scene Description: the King's Creen and the organ

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view of church interior - rood-screen, choir-screen; iconostasis

Scene Description: Kings' Screen

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view of church interior - transept - south transept - detail

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view of font

Scene Description: the latest baptismal font in the Minster

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2013 by BSI

view of font

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view of font

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view of font - upper view

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the lower part of the font is hidden behind the parapet

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the mid-15th century font and mid-20th century cover inside the crypt

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view of font cover

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view of font cover - bracket

Scene Description: said to be the original bracket for the couterweight of the old font cover [cf. FontNotes]

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view of font cover - bracket

Scene Description: said to be the original bracket for the couterweight of the old font cover [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2013 by BSI

view of font cover - bracket

Scene Description: said to be the original bracket for the couterweight of the old font cover [cf. FontNotes]

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view of font cover - bracket

Scene Description: said to be the original bracket for the couterweight of the old font cover [cf. FontNotes]

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view of font cover - bracket

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

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view of font cover - detail

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2013 by BSI

view of font cover - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2013 by BSI

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2013 by BSI

view of font cover - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2013 by BSI

view of font cover - detail

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view of font cover - detail

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view of font cover - detail

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Scene Description: in the crypt now, on a shelf of the west wall, next to the font; not known whether a stoup or other

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2013 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 05711YOR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: York Minster / Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter [originally from the Vicars Choral in Bedern]

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter

Country Name: England

Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber

Directions to Site: Located in the city centre

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the crypt

Century and Period: 15th century (mid?), Gothic

Church Notes: "The first recorded church on the site was a wooden structure built hurriedly in 627 to provide a place to baptise Edwin, King of Northumbria. Moves toward a more substantial building began in the 630s. A stone structure was completed in 637 by Oswald and was dedicated to Saint Peter. The church soon fell into disrepair and was dilapidated by 670 when Saint Wilfrid ascended to the see of York. He repaired and renewed the structure. The attached school and library were established and by the 8th century were some of the most substantial in Northern Europe.[...] The church was damaged in 1069 during William the Conqueror's harrying of the North, but the first Norman archbishop, Thomas of Bayeux, arriving in 1070, organised repairs. The Danes destroyed the church in 1075, but it was again rebuilt from 1080. Built in the Norman style, it was 111 m (364.173 ft) long and rendered in white and red lines. The new structure was damaged by fire in 1137 but was soon repaired. The choir and crypt were remodelled in 1154, and a new chapel was built, all in the Norman style." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Minster In 741 the church was destroyed in a fire. It was rebuilt as a more impressive structure containing thirty altars. The church and the entire area then passed through the hands of numerous invaders, and its history is obscure until the 10th century.

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Bond (1908) describes the former anchor of the old font cover: "In York Minster [...] there still remains high up in the centre of the nave on the north side a medieval dragon-head in wood from which was suspended the chain which led the font cover." No mention of the font is made in Bond. [NB: the location of this dragon-head shaped anchor or bracket up in the clerestory, above the north aisle arcade would implies that the font would have been located directly below, a somewhat doubtful location for a baptismal font]. Brown (2003) mentions a medieval font here which "disappeared without a trace", as well as a later, 17th-century font that "had been positioned under the seventh bay of the south nave arcade"; the latter font "had disappeared by 1735, perhaps as a result of the repaving of the nave". The web site of the city of York [www.welcometoyork.co.uk] informs that the actual font is "mid-15th century" and that it "came from the chapel of the Vicars Choral in Bedern. Its cover, designed by Sir Ninian Comper in 1947". This same source states that "this is the only font in the Minster" [NB: not entirely true since there is also a recent font of modernistic design at the west end of the south aisle]. On-site notes: the mid-15th century font and Comper's 1947 gilded cover are located in the crypt; the font consists of an octagonal basin on a round pedestal base and a square lower base; the inner well has a centre drain; the basin is not lined; the cover by Comper is beautifully painted on the inside with images of several saints: Ethelburga, Edwin, Paulinus, Hilda and James, and coats of arms on the outside; also on the outside, around the top, is a painted inscription.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.961944, -1.081944

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 57′ 43″ N, 1° 4′ 55″ W

UTM: 30U 625835 5980991

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (inside rim): 52 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 56 cm*

Basin Depth: 15 cm

Basin Total Height: 26-27 cm*

Height of Base: 72 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm*

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site *[NB: the position of the font and the cover on it makes taking the upper measurements difficult -- measurements here are approximate]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1947

Material: wood

Apparatus: no; rim-buffet type

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908

Brown, Sarah, Our Magnificent Fabrick, York Minster: an Architectural History, c1220-1500, London: English Heritage, 2003