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Image copyright © Adrian Parry, 2004
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Adrian Parry, 2004
Image Source: Adrian Parry [adrian_parry@lineone.net
Copyright Instructions: Permission received from the author (email of 1 December 2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10363MEE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A386, 16 km N of Okehampton, 30 km SSE of Bideford
Font Notes:
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Noted in Pevsner (1952): "Font. Norman, square on five shafts, undecorated." Baptismal font of the table-top type common in the Norman period: a square basin with plain vertical sides, raised on a five-column support (broad central shaft + four slender colonnettes, all round with moulded bases), and a square lower base; polygonal plinth with kneeling stone. Square pyramidal wooden cover with knob finial. [We are grateful to Adrain Parry, of Yorkshire, England, for the photograph of this font]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Adrian Parry, of Yorkshire, England, for the photograph of this font.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1952, 123