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B01: symbol - shield - blank - in a cusped panel - 8
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2009
Image Source: photograph taken by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/hengrave.htm] [accessed 11 November 2009]
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BU01: design element - motifs - moulding - graded
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2009
Image Source: photograph taken by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/hengrave.htm] [accessed 11 November 2009]
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LB01: design element - motifs - floral - 8
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2009
Image Source: photograph taken by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/hengrave.htm] [accessed 11 November 2009]
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UB01: design element - patterns - tracery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2009
Image Source: photograph taken by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/hengrave.htm] [accessed 11 November 2009]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2009
Image Source: photograph taken by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/hengrave.htm] [accessed 11 November 2009]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 15704HEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Reconciliation
Church Patron Saints: [formerly dedicated to St. John [the Baptist? / Lateran?]
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 6 km from Bury St. Edmunds
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century [composite font?], Late Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.suffolkchurches.co.uk, for his photograph of this font
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Knott (1999?), who writes: "The font seems to be set on the upturned bowl of another; Cautley thought them both medieval, although whether either of them originally came from this church or not is not clear." [NB: the Hall is said to have "an ancient carved Florentine alabaster Font with carved figure of Madonna" [source: auction catalogue, 1897 [http://www.archive.org/stream/hengravehallinte00hamp/hengravehallinte00hamp_djvu.txt] a[ccessed 11 November 2009]]. The font consists of an octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated with blank shiled in cusped panels; graded underbowl chamfer; octagonal stem with window tracery; the lower base does look like an inverted basin, the floral motifs decorating the chamfer quite like the ones one expects on the underbowl chamfer of a basin from the period. [NB: the earlier dedication of this church appears to be vague; Parker (1855) gived St. John Lateran]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-11-11 00:00:00. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.