Withiel nr. Bodmin

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Results: 8 records

B01: symbol - shield - in a circle

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B02: design element - motifs - floral - flower - in a circle

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B03: symbol - cross - saltire - in a rectangle

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BU01: design element - motifs

Scene Description: one on each panel of the underbowl

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LB01: design element - motifs

Scene Description: one or two on each side of the octagonal stem

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LB02: design element - architectural - arcade - trefoiled arches - 8?

Scene Description: arches or niches

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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 10974WIT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Clement
Church Patron Saints: St. Clement
Country Name: England
Location: Cornwall, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A389, 8 km SW of Bodmin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century -- 12th-century [lower base?] [composite font], Late Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Steve Beazley, of RootsWeb.com, for his image of this font.
Reported in Lewis' Dictionary of 1848: "an ancient font enriched with sculpture". Cox (1912) writes: "The 15th cent, font has octagonal bowl sculptured with symbols of the Passion; part of base apparently belonged to a Norm[an] font." Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font. C15, with coarsely chip-carved ornamental motifs." The baptismal font consists of an octagonal basin with slightly rounded sides and a round underbowl, the whole surface decorated with different motifs: foliage, shields, etc.; raised on an octagonal pedestal base profusely decorated as well; small octagonal plinth, plain; wooden font cover, flat and plain, modern.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain, modern

REFERENCES

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970