Hunston nr. Bury St. Edmunds No. 1
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The British Academy & Ron Baxter, 2008
Image Source: photograph in The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland [http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-sf-hunst.html] [accessed 2 November 2009]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The British Academy & Ron Baxter, 2008
Image Source: photograph in The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland [http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-sf-hunst.html] [accessed 2 November 2009]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 15638HUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only] [re-tooled], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17536171
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A1088, 12 km E of Bury St. Edmunds
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Additional Comments: altered font / new base [no font in Knott Nov 2009]
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in the Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture of Britain and Ireland (2008): "At the W[est] end of the nave, an unlined, plain tub-shaped font with a thick, projecting lower rim. The bowl stands on three 19thc. shafts, on a plain round base with a square step. Only the bowl is medieval, and its surface has been completely retooled with vertical tool marks. The rim is damaged at the north, and has a lead repair at the SE […] The plain font is […] said to be 12thc." Parker (1855) mentions only a later font in this church [cf. Index entry for Hunston No. 2 for the later font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 6.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 43 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 56 cm*
Basin Total Height: 37.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [measurements a/p the CRSBI]
REFERENCES
- Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.