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LB01: design element - motifs - diaper
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Image Source: engraving from a drawing by Rev. J. Brooke, del., in Eyton (1856- ) and in Anderson (1864)
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Scene Description: the basin is believed to have been cut into octagonal shape from the original circular Norman font [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: engraving from a drawing by Rev. J. Brooke, del., in Eyton (1856- ) and in Anderson (1864)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 14305CLE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [re-cut in the 17th century], Early English [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 13 km WSW of Bridgenorth
Additional Comments: altered font / re-cut font (circular to octagonal)
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Eyton (1856- ) and in Anderson (1864). Noted in Newman & Pevsner (2006): "Font. Octagonal. The band of dogtooth on the base is C13 evidence. The bowl may be C13 too, originally circular but recut in the C17." [NB: the engraving in Eyton (1856-) and in Anderson (1864) are based on the same drawing by J. Roberts, and shows the motif on the base as a zig-zag, not dog-tooth]. [NB: Anderson (ibid.) notes that "Bernard de Newmarch […] gave the church of Cliberia" to Brecknock Priory with King Henry I's consent [NB: Bernard de Neufmarche, originally from Neufmarche, near Rouen, in Normandy, was a half-brother of William the Conqueror; Bernard conquered much of Wales. Anderson (ibid.) refers to him as "scourge of the Cymrians", i.e., the Welsh -- which means a church existed here by 1100 A.D., but we have no information on an earlier font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal, originally round?
REFERENCES
- Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, pl. 96
- Eyton, Robert William, The Antiquities of Shropshire, London: John Russell Smith, 1856-, vol. 3: ill. opp. p. 30
- Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 217