Ipswich No. 8

Results: 1 records

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08742IPS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 1st - 5th century, Anglo-Roman
Cognate Fonts: Other such objects found in England
Museum: Ipswich Museum
Church / Chapel Name: [not in a church]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for the museum] High St, Ipswich IP1 3QH, United Kingdom -- Tel. : +44 1473 433551
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located N of the A1156 [aka Crown St], W of Christchurch Park
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipswich
Font Notes:
Described in Drake (2003): "a Romano-British cistern of almost identical proportions to those of the twelfth-century fonts. It bears the Chi-Rho sign and may have been used in some for ritual cleansing, if not for baptism". [NB: this may be the same object as the one listed as Ickleham No. 2 -- to be resolved]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 373235 5769392
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.0606, 1.1509
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 3′ 38.16″ N, 1° 9′ 3.24″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal?, lead?

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Greek
Inscription Location: on its side
Inscription Text: [Chi-Rho]
Inscription Notes: the Greek letters chi and rho, a symbol for Christ
Inscription Source: Drake (2003: 345)

REFERENCES

  • Drake, Colin Stuart, "Romanesque Fonts in Kent: the French Connections", CXXIII, 2003, Archaeologia Cantiana, 2003, pp. 333-352; p. 345