Ragdale / Rakedale
Results: 2 records
LB01: design element - motifs
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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LB02: inscription
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
INFORMATION
FontID: 12375RAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located in the civil parish of Hoby-with-Rotherby, Melton Borough
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). Described in Pevsner (1984): "Font. Square, with raised angle strips. Four original corner shafts with coarse C13 detail." The Leicestershire Parish Councils site [www.hobywithrotherbypc.org.uk] notes "the curious aquare font (this has four different legs and stands on a marble slab with Latin engravings, which possibly outdes the church building)".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on the slab upon which the font stands
Inscription Text: [text N/A]
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