Margaret Roding

Results: 2 records

B01: symbol - shield - blank - in a quatrefoil

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

LB01: design element - patterns - tracery

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 11696MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret of Antioch
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located 13 km WNW of Chelmsford [Diocese of Chelmsford]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal, panelled bowl with quatrefoils in circles, enclosing blank shields, panelled and traceried stem and moulded base, late 14th-century." In Pevsner (1976) and in Bettley & Pevsner (2007): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with traceried stem and quatrefoils with shields on the panels." [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the 12th century, but we have no information on the earlier font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976