Ripon No. 3
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Results: 2 records
B01:
design element - architectural - arcade?
Scene Description: the reliefs on the sides appear to be the remains of an arcade [cf. Font notes]
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view of font
Scene Description: now serving as a side altar
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © awmc1, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 July 2009 by awmc1 [http://www.flickr.com/photos/awmc1/3763317657/in/set-72157622975473479/] [accessed 15 June 2010]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 11194RIP
Church/Chapel: Cathedral church of St. Peter and St. Wilfrid
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Wilfrid
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire [formerly West Yorkshire], Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Ripon is located about 50 kms N of Leeds, about 18 kms N of Harrowgate.
Historical Region: formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W side, S side, under the tower
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Noted in Morris (1932): "At W. of S. aisle -- enormous, much mutilated bowl of a disused Trans[itional] font." Mee (1941) describes it as "the battered bowl of a Norman font." In Pevsner (1986 c1967): "Under the tower, font, C12, big circular trough with eight heavy spurs or ribs." The font appears now [July 2009] covered with a thick glass top and serving as a side altar [cf. recent photograph at http://www.flickr.com/photos/awmc1/3763317657/in/set-72157622975473479/ [accessed 15 June 2010]. It stands on a modern short circular base with a running inscription on its sides. [cf. Index entry for Ripon No. 1 for the later heraldic font in this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: fragment
REFERENCES
Mee, Arthur, The King's England, Yorkshire, West Riding, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941
Morris, Joseph Ernest, The West Riding of Yorkshire, London: Methuen & Co., 1932
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Yorkshire: the West Riding, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1986 c1967
