Bures St. Mary
Image copyright © Theodore V. Dickerson, 1986
Image MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE*** on the open web [cf. JW Ralph's e-mail in the BURES print file]
Results: 17 records
B01: angel - holding shield - coat of arms - Tudor Arms of England
![on the east side [cf. Font notes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/image_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: on the east side [cf. Font notes]
![on the east side [cf. Font notes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/bsi-testing-site/others/image_not_available.jpg)
B02: angel - holding shield - coat of arms - De Vere
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B03: angel - holding shield - coat of arms - Fitzralph
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B04: angel - holding shield - coat of arms - Mortimer
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B05: angel - holding shield - coat of arms - De Cornard
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B06: angel - holding shield - coat of arms - Waldegrave
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B07: angel - holding shield - coat of arms - De Bures
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B08: angel - holding shield - coat of arms - Mortimer of Clare
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BBL01: design element - motifs - moulding
BU01: design element - motifs - floral - rosette
Scene Description: on the lowest level of the graded chamfer
LB01: design element - architectural - window - trefoiled - two-up-two-down
Scene Description: on alternate faces of the stem
LB02: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - symbol - 4
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LB03: design element - motifs - floral - square flower
Scene Description: on the splaying lower base
R01: design element - motifs - moulding
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Theodore V. Dickerson, 1986
Image Source: digital photograph in [http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/fylbrigg/church_of_st_mary.htm] [accessed 7 February 2007]
Copyright Instructions: Image MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE*** on the open web [cf. JW Ralph's e-mail in the BURES print file]
view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Theodore V. Dickerson, 1986
Image Source: digital photograph in [http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/fylbrigg/church_of_st_mary.htm] [accessed 7 February 2007]
Copyright Instructions: Image MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE*** on the open web [cf. JW Ralph's e-mail in the BURES print file]
view of base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Theodore V. Dickerson, 1986
Image Source: digital photograph in [http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/fylbrigg/church_of_st_mary.htm] [accessed 7 February 2007]
Copyright Instructions: Image MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE*** on the open web [cf. JW Ralph's e-mail in the BURES print file]
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12645BUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [basin re-cut?], Late Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: East Anglia font / heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17541720
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near the county border with Essex
Additional Comments: restored font? / altered font? -- VERY IMPORTANT: the copyright owner of images 1070208001, 1070208002, 1070208003, Jack W. Ralph, especified in his permission to reproduce that these images ***MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE*** on the open web and not restricted through any payment, membership, etc. [cf. JW Ralph's e-mail in the BURES print file]
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Cautley (1982) as a baptismal font of the 15th century with heraldic decoration. A description of this font can be found at 'The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England' [http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/fylbrigg/church_of_st_mary.htm] [accessed 7 February 2007], which identifies the font as "typical of the traditional East Anglian fonts of the 15th century", with angels holding harged shields on the basin sides, and the symbols of the Four Evangelists around the stem; this same source reports that the basin appears to have been restored or replaced, but the stem original. The coats-of-arms, on shields held by demi-figure angels, are identified [starting on the east side, right to left]: 1)Tudor Arms of England; 2)De Vere; 3)Fitzralph; 4)Mortimer; 5)De Cornard; 6)Waldegrave; 7)De Bures; 8)Mortimer of Clare. Raguin [http://www.holycross.edu/departments/visarts/projects/anglia/norton/norton.html] [accessed 27 March 2008] notes that it "has on the east the arms of England, and then clockwise arms of de Vere, Fits-ralph, Mortimer, de Cornard, Waldegrave, de Bures, and Mortimer of Clare."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to J.W. Ralph, of [http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/fylbrigg/church_of_st_mary.htm], for the photos of this font by Theodore V. Dickerson.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Cautley, Henry Munro, Suffolk churches and their treasures, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1982, p. 67 and pl. 75