Sotterley / Soterlega
Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
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Results: 8 records
B01: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - symbol - 4
Scene Description: the eagle of John and the lion of Mark? to the left and right of the angel holding a shield
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Simon Knott [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/sotterley.htm]
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B02: angel - demi-figure - holding shield - emblem - the instruments of the Passion
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Simon Knott [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/sotterley.htm]
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B03: angel - demi-figure - holding shield - emblem - Trinity
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Simon Knott [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/sotterley.htm]
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BU01: angel - cherub - 8
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Simon Knott [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/sotterley.htm]
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BU02: design element - motifs - floral - square flower - 8
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Simon Knott [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/sotterley.htm]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Simon Knott [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/sotterley.htm] [accessed 29 February 2012]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Simon Knott [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/sotterley.htm]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: at the west end of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Simon Knott [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/sotterley.htm] [accessed 29 February 2012]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 11727SOT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Location: St Margaret Willingham & Sotterley, Suffolk
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 7 km N of Wangford, 10 km SE of Beccles
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich [formerly Diocese of Norwich]
Historical Region: Hundred of Wangford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: East Anglia font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.suffolkchurches.co.uk, for his photographs of this church and font.
Font Notes:
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Noted in Suckling (1846-1848): "The font is octangular, ornamented with shields in its compartments charged with the symbols of the Trinity, and the Passion of our Lord". In Parker (1855). Noted and illustrated in Knott (2008?) as "a good example of the typical East Anglian design". The font consists of an octagonal basin of certical sides decorated with two deeply-carved sets of motifs: four angels holding shields with the emblems mentioned in Suckling above, and the other four panels with the symbols of the Evangelists; the upper level of the underbowl chamfer has cherubs at the angles with the wings spreading over the sides, while the lower level has a square flower on each side; the stem is plain, as is the octagonal plinth. [We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/sotterley.htm, for his photograph of this font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 405433 5806549
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. Accessed: 2006-04-23 00:00:00. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855
Suckling, Alfred, The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, with genealogical and architectural notices of its several towns and villages, London: John Weale [...], 1846-1848