Ryme Intrinseca

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view of font and cover in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 2003

Image Source: digital photograph in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 11413RYM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Hyppolite
Church Patron Saints: St. Hippolytus of Rome
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located just W of Yetminster, SW of Sherborne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, by the tower opening
Century and Period: 17th century,
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
Newman & Pevsner (1972) mantion only the: "Font cover. 1637. Small and plain." The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/rymeintrinseca.htm] illustrates the font and cover; the font consists of an octagonal basin with vertical shallow sides and a tall concave underbowl chamfer that ends in a ring moulding at the top of the octagonal stem; octagonal lower base, appears plain. The wooden cover is of the octagonal pyramidal type, not very tall, with a ball finial. [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the 13th century, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1637
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]