Bole
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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - intersecting arches - crenellated motif
Scene Description: both on the arches and on the capitals of the supporting columns
INFORMATION
FontID: 15428BOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located near the Lincolnshire county border, 3 km SW of Gainsborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Cox (1912): "Octagonal Norm[an] font, 35 in. high and 33 in. in diameter, has double arcading round bowl." Described in Pevsner & Williamson (1979): "Norman, with arcades and intersecting arches." The large basin stands on a shorth pedestal base and lower base, both octagonal and plain.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 82.5 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 87.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Cox (1912)]
REFERENCES
Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979