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B01: symbol - shield - in a quatrefoil

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 12778STE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 9 km WSW of Louth
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with shields in quatrefoils." [NB: Pevsner & al. (ibid.) mention the old Norman church about 1 km to the NE, but we have no information of the original font -if any- of that church].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989