Stowlangtoft / Stow Langtoft

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B01: Virgin Mary - Madonna and Christ-child

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Simon Knott in www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stowlangtoft.htm

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B02: Apostle or saint - St. George and the dragon

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Simon Knott in www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stowlangtoft.htm

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B03: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Paul

B04: Apostle or saint - St. Stephen

B05: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter

B06: Apostle or saint - St. Nicholas

B07: Apostle or saint - St. Margaret

B08: human figure - male - warrior - with sword in the right hand - with long shield in the left hand - shield charged with emblem

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Simon Knott in www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stowlangtoft.htm

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B09: Apostle or saint - St. John the Baptist?

B10: design element - architectural - arcade - Ogee arches - 8

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Simon Knott in www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stowlangtoft.htm

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BS01: symbol - triquetra - 16

Scene Description: one in each of the spandrels formed by the basin arcade

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Simon Knott in www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stowlangtoft.htm

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BU01: design element - motifs - moulding - graded

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Simon Knott in www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stowlangtoft.htm

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LB01: design element - patterns - fluted

Scene Description: on the sides of the stem of the base

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Simon Knott in www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stowlangtoft.htm

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view of church interior - chancel - detail

Scene Description: Identified in James (1930) as Flemish work in the chancel: Harrowing of Hell

Image Source: engraving in James (1930)

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view of church interior - chancel - detail

Scene Description: Identified in James (1930) as Flemish work in the chancel: Harrowing of Hell (detail)

Image Source: detail of an engraving in James (1930)

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view of font and cover

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Simon Knott in www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stowlangtoft.htm

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05749STO

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. George

Church Patron Saints: St. George

Country Name: England

Location: Suffolk, East Anglia

Directions to Site: Located just E of the A1088, about 10 km EEN of Bury St. Edmunds

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 14th century (early), Medieval

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of ww.suffolkchurches.co.uk, for this photographs of this font.

Church Notes: James (1930) mentions and illustrates an interesting 15th-16th century Harrowing of Hell in this otherwise Norman church; in this image, a figure (demon?) to the side of the Mouth-of-Hell carries a large key on its back.

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Noted in Parker (1855) as "octagonal, with figures of saints on the basin, and the stem carved with the linen pattern." Noted in James (1930): "The font has saints about it: Virgin and Child, St. Margaret, Nicholas (?), Peter, Stephen, Paul, George, and (?) John Baptist". Knott (2005?), who quotes Mortlock (1988-) dating of the font to the early 14th century, identifies St. Margaret, St. Catherine, St. Peter and St. Paul, and St. George. With regards to the state of the font, Knott (ibid.) disagrees with Mortlock (ibid.) opinion that the font had been mutilated: "this stone appeares weathered. I wonder if this font was removed from the church , probably in the mid-17th century, and served an outdoor purpose until it was returned in the 19th century." There is significant damage to one of the upper corners of the basin, to the right of armed warrior scene, probably caused by the forceful removal of one of the old cover staples.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: flat and plian, octagonal

REFERENCES

James, M. R., Suffolk and Norfolk, London, Toronto: Dent & Sons, 1930

Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. Accessed: 2006-04-16 00:00:00. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.

Mortlock, Derek P., The Popular Guide to Suffolk Churches, 1988-

Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855