Sampford Courtenay
Image copyright © Roger Peters, 2005
Permission received (email of 9 January 2005)
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B01: design element - patterns - fluted or ribbed
Scene Description: it could be read as stylised arcade
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: 10409SAM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the A3072, 8-10 km NE of Okehampton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late 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 and illustrated in Stabb (1908): "a late Norman font; the top is square and mounted on an octagonal shaft and base; the dark line across the top is an iron band used to keep the font together." Noted in Pevsner (1952): "Font. A variety of the table-top type." In Betjeman (1958) as a baptismal font of the Norman period.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
Betjeman, John, An American's Guide to English Parish Churches (including the Isle of Man), New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1958
Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1952
Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916