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BBU01: design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Clarke (1913)
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BBU02: design element - motifs - zigzag
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CR01: design element - motifs - rope moulding
Scene Description: ten centimeters wide
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Clarke (1913)
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Clarke (1913)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10332ZEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A 377, 15-16 km WNW of Crediton
Additional Comments: recycled font: "suffered at the hands of the renovator"
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Clarke (1913): "A small but good bucket-font, which has suffered at the hands of the renovator. Round the rim is a plain fillet, the lower half of which is carved into a zigzag. The font is encircled by a bold cable four inches thick. The base is modern [...]". Noted in Pevsner (1952): "Font. Norman, of tub shape, with little zigzag and cable decoration."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 7 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 41.25 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 55 cm
Basin Depth: 21.25 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 66.25 cm*
Notes on Measurements: *[measurements given in inches in Clarke (1913)]
REFERENCES
- Clarke, Kate M., "The baptismal fonts of Devon -- Part I", 45, Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, 1913, pp. 314-329; p. 323, 329
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1952, p. 172