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B01: design element - motifs - lozenge - concentric lozenges

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 12373PEC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A47, 12 km WSW of Leicester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century (early?), Medieval
Cognate Fonts: similar decoration on the fonts at Rothley and Hungarton, in Leics., and Gt. Casterton in nearby Rutland
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). Described in Pevsner (1984): "Font. Circular, drum-shaped, with decoration of concentric lozenges." [NB: Pevsner (ibid.) remarks on the similarity of the decorative patterns on the Peckleton, Rothley, Hungarton and Great Casterton fonts]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984
Upcott, William, A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English topography, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818