Hittisleigh / Hittesleigh
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B01: design element - motifs - zigzag
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Peters, 2005
Image Source: Roger Peters [www.wissensdrang.com]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 9 January 2005)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Peters, 2005
Image Source: Roger Peters [www.wissensdrang.com]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 9 January 2005)
INFORMATION
FontID: 10366HIT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A30, 20-25 km W of Exeter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Dr. Roger Peters, of www.wissensdrang.com, for his permission to use the transcription of and images from Stabb (1908).
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in Lysons (1806-1822) as of a group of "square Saxon fonts on circular pillars, or pedestals." Noted and illustrated in Stabb (1908): "The square Norman font [plate 119] has a kind of zigzag pattern cut round the four sides, and is supported on a low circular shaft resting on a square base." Described in Clarke (1921): "A good example of the table font is at Hittesleigh. It is all made of black marble. The square bowl is ornamented with incised zigzags which fill the entire depth. In the corners of the upper plane surface traces of shallow ornament remain. The hollow of the bowl is circular: it is lead-lined; on the rim are indications of four staples having been leaded in. It has a single substantial shaft, formed of three blocks; the upper block spreads to meet the bowl. The base is of Early English type, with a shallow water-rim moulding, and there is a shallow square plinth." Noted in Pevsner (1952): "Font. Norman, black stone, square with a simple incised zigzag."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble (black)
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: lead lining
Diameter (includes rim): 63.75 cm*
Basin Depth: 22.5 cm*
Basin Total Height: 26.35*
Height of Central Column: 37.5 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 60 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [measurements given in inches in Clarke (1922: 223) -- NB: Clarke gives only "25 1/2 inches" as the measurement of the "base", but it probably refers to its diameter]
LID INFORMATION
Notes: staple holes leaded in
REFERENCES
Clarke, Kate M., "The baptismal fonts of Devon -- Part IX", 54, Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, 1922, pp. 216-223; r["References"]
Clarke, Kate M., "The baptismal fonts of Devon -- Part VIII", 53, Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, 1921, pp. 226-231; r["References"]
Lysons, Daniel, Magna Britannia, being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain, London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806-1822
Pevsner, Nikolaus, South Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1952
Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916