Salisbury No. 5 / Sarum
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image and permission received (e-mail of 7 September 2015)
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view of font
Scene Description: the modern font installed in 2008
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2015 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 7 September 2015)
view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2015 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 7 September 2015)
view of church exterior in context
!["Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop Grounds" by John Constable (1776-1837); there is one other painting of the cathedral by Constable [www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/john-constable-salisbury-cathedral-and-leadenhall-from-the-river-avon] [accessed 8 September 2015]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0150908016_compressed.png)
Scene Description: "Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop Grounds" by John Constable (1776-1837); there is one other painting of the cathedral by Constable [www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/john-constable-salisbury-cathedral-and-leadenhall-from-the-river-avon] [accessed 8 September 2015]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: enhanced digital image of a 1823 painting by John Constable [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salisbury_Cathedral_from_the_Bishop_Grounds_c.1825.jpg] [accessed 8 September 2015]
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of font in context - west side
Scene Description: te modern font in the context of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Blanchard, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 25 October 2023 by Peter Blanchard
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 9 November 2023)
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "The nave of Salisbury Cathedral in Wiltshire, England, looking east from the font."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Diliff, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 July 2014 by Diliff [David Iliff] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salisbury_Cathedral_Nave,_Wiltshire,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg] [accessed 8 September 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior
Scene Description: the reflection on the waters of the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2015 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 7 September 2015)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13816SAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Font Location in Church: In the NE transept
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: original building 1220-1258;
Church Address: 6 The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 2EJ, United Kingdom
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the early-13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 6, 1962) traces the history of the old cathedral inside the castle walls from its inception at the end of the 11th century, when " the united See of Sherborne and Ramsbury was removed to Old Salisbury" to its transfer outside the wall; it further notes that: "When Leland visited Old Salisbury no tokens of the church and palace remained,[...] with the possible exception of the Lady Chapel." Noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1975): "Piscina (or Immersion font?), S chapel . Perp[endicular]. Panelled base with trough at the top. Recess with diagonally set jambs. Little vault inside. Cusped ogee arch with crockets. Straight top." The present font, a vessel of bronze and limestone designed by William Pye, was installed in September 2008.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith and Peter Blanchard for their photographs of this church and modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 584207 5657734
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.064949, -1.79826
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 3′ 53.81″ N, 1° 47′ 53.74″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 408