Down St. Mary

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INFORMATION
FontID: 10512DOW
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located near Crediton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 16th century, Perpendicular
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).
Church Notes: Stabb (1908): "Saxon church, remains of which can be seen in the present building. The most remarkable of these is to be found in the tympanum of the south door [plate 88a], said to date from Saxon times, and representing a male figure in the centre and animals on either side. The carving has been variously described as Adam naming the animals, Daniel in the lions' den, and as representing one of the legends concerning St. Anthony."
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font of the Perpendicular period noted succintly in Pevsner (1952): "Font. Perp, moulded. "[We are grateful to Dr. Roger Peters, of www.wissensdrang.com, for his permission to use the image of the tympanum from this church from Stabb (1908)]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
REFERENCES
Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1952
Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916