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B01: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. John - symbol - eagle

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B02: angel - holding object - the instruments of the Passion?

Scene Description: pincers? / scourge? [cf. Font notes]

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B03: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Matthew - symbol - angel - with scroll

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B04: angel - holding object - the instruments of the Passion?

Scene Description: three nails? [cf. Font notes]

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B05: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Luke - symbol - winged bull

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B06: angel - holding object - the instruments of the Passion?

Scene Description: a heart? [cf. Font notes]

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B07: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Mark - symbol - winged lion - with scroll

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B08: angel - holding object - the instruments of the Passion?

Scene Description: spear?

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BU01: angel - head - 8

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UB01: animal - mammal - lion - sejant - 4

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UB01: design element - architectural - buttress - 4

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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2008 by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/iken.html] [accessed 16 August 2009]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 12664IKE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Botolph
Church Patron Saints: St. Botulph [aka St. Botolph, Botolph of Thorney, Botulf]
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located off the B1069, WSW of Aldeburgh
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, centre of the nave
Century and Period: 14th century [re-carved?] / 19th century, Decorated? [altered] / Modern?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful Simon Knott, of www.suffolkchurches.co.uk, and to Janice Tostevin for their photographs of this font
Noted in Parker (1855) as an octagonal font of the Decorated period, "with foliage in the panels of the bowl". Knott (2008) describes the font as "one of the best in the East Anglian style". Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated with four angels and perhaps the four symbols of the Evangelists in a modern, comic-book style; the angels appear to hold symbols of the Instruments of the Passion; the underbowl is decorated with angel heads in the same style; it is unclear when these images were carved, or re-carved as the case may be, since the basin appears to be worn enough in some areas to rate a medieval claim at first sight; the base, on the other hand, appears original, with sedente lions alternating with buttresses around the stem; the lower base is octagonal and moulded. On an octagonal plinth. [NB: could Parker have missed the figural ornamentation on the basin? Was the basin re-carved or replaced after his visit?]

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: 2009-08-16 00:00:00. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855