North Nibley
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B01: design element - motifs - foiled - 8
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2010 by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 14056NIB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Font Notes:
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Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. C15". Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated with deeply-carved inscribed trefoils and quatrefoils; the underbowl has ribbed pattern all around; raised on a square pedestal with partially chamfered sides; on a tiny octagonal plinth. Pyramidal wooden cover, eights sides; on the upper part the sides are open; on the lower volume there are three qautrefoils per side.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, 2008, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002, vol. 1: 521