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Scene Description: the modern font in which the poet John Keats was baptised

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 June 2013 by BSI

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2007 by Basher Eyre [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Botolph-without-Bishopsgate_1.JPG] [accesed 13 July 2013]

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view of church interior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 June 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 June 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 June 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 June 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 June 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 June 2013 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: the modern font in which the poet John Keats was baptised

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 June 2013 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: the modern font in which the poet John Keats was baptised

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 June 2013 by BSI

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Scene Description: the modern font in which the poet John Keats was baptised

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 June 2013 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 13621LON

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Botolph-without-Bishopsgate

Church Patron Saints: St. Botulph [aka St. Botolph, Botolph of Thorney, Botulf]

Church Location: Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3TL, United Kingdom

Country Name: England

Location: Greater London, South East

Directions to Site: Located on the W side of Bishopsgate Street, near St. Helen's Church [Tube: Liverpool Street station]

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end

Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval

Church Notes: "Church of England church on the west side of Bishopsgate in the City of London, first mentioned in 1212. It survived the Great Fire of London in 1666, and was rebuilt in 1724-9." [source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Botolph-without-Bishopsgate [accessed 13 July 2013]]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Allen (1839?) notes that ''the font is a circular basin of veined marble on a pedestal of the same form, and is situated beneath the northern gallery'' Allen (ibid.) further notes that the old church, which dated back to at least 1323, ''became so ruinous, that it was taken down in 1725, and re-built, being finished in 1729'', a date from which this ''veined marble'' object is likely to belong [NB: Blatch (1995) gives the completion date 1728]. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Diameter (inside rim): [46-47 cm]*

Diameter (includes rim): [54 cm]*

Basin Total Height: [28 cm]*

Height of Base: [65 cm]*

Font Height (less Plinth): [97 cm]*

Font Height (with Plinth): [107 cm]*

Notes on Measurements: * [measurements of the present font] BSI on-site

REFERENCES

Allen, Thomas, The History and Antiquities of London, Wsetminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent, London: published by George Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, [1839?]

Blatch, Mervyn, Guide to London's churches (2. ed.), London: Constable, 1995