Upton, St Margaret's
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Results: 4 records
B01:
design element - motifs - scallop
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B02:
design element - motifs - V-shaped - nested - inverted
Scene Description: at the angles and the centre of the side panels
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LB01:
design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: at the capitals and bases of the support columns
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Image Source: The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland [www.crsbi.ac.uk/ed/hu/upton/]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The British Academy & Ron Baxter, 2004
Image Source: The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland [www.crsbi.ac.uk/ed/hu/upton/]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 06865OPT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Directions to Site: Located just W of the A1, 9 km NW of Huntingdon
Historical Region: formerly Huntingdonshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, S side
Date: ca. 1140-1180?
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only] -- 13th century [base] [composite font], Medieval / composite
Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports "a curious ancient font" in this church. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a noteworthy baptismal font of the Transitional period [i.e., 1150-1200. Described and illustrated in The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland [www.crsbi.ac.uk/ed/hu/upton/]: "a font in the form of a large, square double-scallop capital supported by a central shaft surrounded by eight thinner shafts with bases, moulded capitals and integral impost." The CRSBI dates the basin to "anywhere between c. 1140 and c. 1180", dates which match those in C&H above, and a later date for the base: "the entire supporting structure is 13th c." The CRSBI entry notes repairs to the upper basin side and rim, especially on the west side, and the presence of a lead lining. Noted in Pevsner (1968): "Font. A tremendous Norman piece like a two-scalloped capital. It stands on nine (renewed) E[arly[] E[nglish] supports."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: lead lined
Diameter (inside rim): 55 cm*
Basin Total Height: 41 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 120 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 74 x 74 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland [www.crsbi.ac.uk/ed/hu/upton/]]
REFERENCES
Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. Accessed: 2005-02-27 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Bedfordshire and the County of Huntingdon and Peterborough, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1968
