Alveley / Alvidelege
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16226ALV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Alveley, Shropshire, WV15 6ND
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10 km SSE of Brdgnorth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
Click to view
Newman & Pevsner (2006) note a [modern?] font "incised with the famous Greek baptismal palindrome" [i.e.: NIPHON ANOM HMATAMH MONA NOPHIN = Cleanse your sin, not your face only]. [NB: we have no information on the original font of the Norman church here]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 543963 5812066
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Greek
Inscription Text: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 113