Milden

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Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2008

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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: on the caps and bases of the outer colonnettes
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph [2003?] by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/milden.htm] [accessed 24 April 2008]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph [2003?] by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/milden.htm] [accessed 24 April 2008]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2008
Image Source: dertail of a digital photograph [2003?] by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/milden.htm] [accessed 24 April 2008]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph [2003?] by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/milden.htm] [accessed 24 April 2008]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The British Academy & Ron Baxter, 2005
Image Source: photograph, 2005, in The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland (2005) [http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/ed/sf/milde/index.htm] [accessed 24 April 2008]
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view of basin

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The British Academy & Ron Baxter, 2005
Image Source: detail of a photograph, 2005, in The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland (2005) [http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/ed/sf/milde/index.htm] [accessed 24 April 2008]
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view of church interior - nave - looking southeast

Scene Description: the top of the font partially visible in the foreground, centre-right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The British Academy & Ron Baxter, 2005
Image Source: photograph, 2005, in The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland (2005) [http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/ed/sf/milde/index.htm] [accessed 24 April 2008]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13527MIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?) [basin only] 12th - 13th century [base only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave, just W of the S doorway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km NE of Sudbury, off the Hadleigh to Lavenham Rd.
Additional Comments: damaged font / repaired font / composite font / altered font
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland (2005) as "a badly damaged plain font", the base of which consists of five shafts that "stand directly on the pavement, and date from c.1300". Illustrated in Knott's Suffolk Churches.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: lead lining
Rim Thickness: 6.5 - 9.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 57 cm*
Basin Total Height: 37 cm*
Height of Base: 55 cm [calculated]
Font Height (less Plinth): 92 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 70 x 76 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [measurements a/p The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland (2005) [http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/ed/sf/milde/index.htm] [accessed 24 April 2008]]

REFERENCES

  • Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
  • Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.