Leasingham / Leuesingham / South Leasingham
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B01: Christ - Christ in Majesty - on a rainbow
Scene Description: Source caption: "Christ seated in glory on a rainbow.- Font set on a 13c base, the bowl is perhaps a 15-16c copy of the original - The 8 sides could be descriptions of mystery play scenes. The panels on either side could be St George and St Michael".
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B02: scene [unidentified]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Saint Michael Archangel weighing souls (?) - - Font set on a 13c base, the bowl is perhaps a 15-16c copy of the original - The 8 sides could be descriptions of mystery play scenes". -- A man in a Jew's hat appears to play a wind instrument [reed?]; three figures kneeling in prayer; to the right possibly the Sun
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Image Source: detail of a photograph taken 29 December 2009 by jmc4
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B03: human figure - male - kneeling - holding objects
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kneeling man holding a jug (?) the other hand reaches up to rain of the sun ..... (?) (Simon K suggests one of the monthly labours - harvest (?) - Font set on a 13c base, the bowl is perhaps a 15-16c copy of the original - The 8 sides could be descriptions of mystery play scenes - what this is defeats me".
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B04: scene [unidentified]
Scene Description: Source caption: "The Temptation in the wilderness - Font set on a 13c base, the bowl is perhaps a 15-16c copy of the original - The 8 sides could be descriptions of mystery play scenes".
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B05: human figure - male - warrior?
Scene Description: Source caption: "Jacob's ladder (?) OR a labour of the month suggested by Simon K - trimming the vines - Font set on a 13c base, the bowl is perhaps a 15-16c copy of the original - The 8 sides could be descriptions of mystery play scenes".
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B06: scene [unidentified]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Herodias with Salome and headless John the Baptist - Font set on a 13c base, the bowl is perhaps a 15-16c copy of the original - The 8 sides could be descriptions of mystery play scenes [...] The key here, I think, is the fact it is obviously by a local hand. It may simply be a sequence of scenes the carver liked (I see no reason to think this is a 'copy' of an earlier font, that would be most unusual!). I am sure about the matrimony scene - all the imagery is there. The curiosity is that the nearest seven sacrament font to Leasingham is a good 30 miles off - perhaps he had seen a common source. I'm pretty sure about the Last Trump scene too, as it is usually associated with Christ in Judgement. As to the rest, I suppose we can never be certain."
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B07: scene [unidentified]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Donors of the font ? with St Andrew patron saint of the church OR the sacrament of marriage. It is conventional to show the Priest's stole crossed like this in late medieval marriage scenes. The little chap is holding an open book for the priest to read from. The couple are holding hands. - Font set on a 13c base, the bowl is perhaps a 15-16c copy of the original - The 8 sides could be descriptions of mystery play scenes".
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B08: human figure - warrior - on horseback - with spear?
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B08: human figure - warrior - on horseback - with spear?
Scene Description: Source caption: "St George and the dragon (?) - Font set on a 13c base, the bowl is perhaps a 15-16c copy of the original - The 8 sides could be descriptions of mystery play scenes".
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angel? - 8
Scene Description: there is a motif (?) at each of the corners of the underbowl, some broken off, some damaged; are they angels?
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: several mouldings de corated the stem of the base
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design element - motifs - moulding and piping
Scene Description: froming the panels of the sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 May 2012 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2954613] [accessed 9 December 2018]
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design element - patterns - crenellated
Scene Description: on the lower part of each panel
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view of basin
Scene Description: showing two of the scenes
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view of basin
Scene Description: showing two of the scenes
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: showing the font in the south aisle, by the south entranceway
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Just inside the church is the font – the base and stem are Early English but the octagonal bowl is believed to be 16th century, judging by the costumes of the figures, but carved in an archaic crude style with biblical and symbolic figures,the underside of the bowl is also decorated with carved figures."
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "St.Andrew's font. Unusual and enigmatic font in St.Andrew's church, the base and stem are 13th century, but the octagonal bowl has carved biblical scenes and looks distinctly post-Reformation."
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