Shimpling nr. Diss
Image copyright © John Salmon, 2008
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B01: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - symbol - with scroll - 4
Scene Description: in this panel John's eagle
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph March 2005 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/shimpling/shimpling.htm] [accessed 12 February 2013]
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B02: angel - holding the instruments of the Passion
Scene Description: the one on the right holds the ladder; the one on the left apears to hold the lance or the sponge
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 June 2008 by John Salmon [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/849998] [accessed 25 August 2009]
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angel - demi-figure - 8
Scene Description: at the angles of the underbowl chamfer
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 June 2008 by John Salmon [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/849998] [accessed 25 August 2009]
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animal - mammal - lion - sejant - 4
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 June 2008 by John Salmon [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/849998] [accessed 25 August 2009]
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design element - architectural - buttress - 4
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 June 2008 by John Salmon [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/849998] [accessed 25 August 2009]
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design element - motifs - floral
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph March 2005 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/shimpling/shimpling.htm] [accessed 12 February 2013]
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design element - motifs - floral
Scene Description: on the upper frames of the panels
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph March 2005 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/shimpling/shimpling.htm] [accessed 12 February 2013]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken March 2005 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/shimpling/shimpling.htm] [accessed 12 February 2013]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: in the centre panel is Mark's winged lion
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: in the centre panel of the basin is Matthew's angel; the font at the west end of the nave, looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph March 2005 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/shimpling/shimpling.htm] [accessed 12 February 2013]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 15174SHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. George
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Church Location: Burston Road, Shimpling, Norfolk, IP21 4UJ
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located near Diss [NB: not the same as Shimpling [aka Shimplingthorne], in nearby Suffolk, with a church dedicated to St. George as well]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred of Diss
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: East Anglia font / Evangelists' font / heraldic font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.norfolkchurches.co.uk, for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: round-tower church
Font Notes:
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Blomefield (1805-1810) notes: "St. George and the dragon, and the arms of Shimpling, are carved on the font". In Chambers (1829) with the same information, probably after Blomefield. Described in Pevsner & Wilson (1999): "C15 and octagonal. Against the stem four lions; against the bowl the signs of the Evangelists and four demi figures of angels with shields containing the Instruments of the Passion.- Font cover. Just the base, but this seems C15 too." [NB: the angels of the basin are not demi-figures, nor do they hold shields, as claimed by Pevsner & Wilson above; they are full-figure angels holding some of the Instruments of the Passion (e.g.: the angel on the panel to the right of Mattew's angel holds a ladder)]. Noted and illustrated in Knott (2005).
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.3993, 1.168
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 23′ 57.48″ N, 1° 10′ 4.8″ E
UTM: 31U 375360 5807030
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Notes: NB: there is an inscription painted on the cover ["Suffer little children to come unto me. Mark. X. 14"], but it is modern, painted at a later date than the original date of the cover
LID INFORMATION
Date: 15th century?
Material: wood, oak?
Notes: only the base of the original font cover remains [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810
Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-08-25 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 2: North-West and South (2nd ed.), London: Penguin, 1999