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BBL01: design element - motifs - moulding
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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: towards the upper end of the stem of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 2005
Image Source: digital image in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 2005
Image Source: digital image in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11320HOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Holnest
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: Holnest, Sherborne DT9 5PU, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7369 315695
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A352, 6-7 km S of Sherborne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Additional Comments: disused font: appears to be used as planter or vase -- painted font? appears covered in green paint
Font Notes:
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Noted in the 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874): "The font has a plain circular bowl, supported by a stem on a square stone base." Long (1923) describes the font at Hammoon: "has a plain round bowl and shaft, and is of very uncertain date." Listed in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust web page [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/holnest.htm] as a baptismal font of the 13th century; the basin and base, both cylindrical, are almost plain, but for a moulding decoration. It appears disused, its basin well serving as vase or planter; the whole exterior of the font is painted green; the font is located inside the church.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Robin Adeney and The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk], for the photograph of this font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Wakefield: E.P. Pub. Ltd., 1973, vol. 4: 128
- Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; p. 69, 76