stansted mountfitchet. font c12

c12 fonts

Folder: church fonts
stansted mountfitchet. font c12

stansted mountfitchet. font c12

11 Oct 2009 145
Hefty font like some brobdignagian capital
east meon font c.1150

east meon font c.1150

01 Nov 2009 131
Made in the mid C12th of Tournai marble this font shows the angel instructing Adam in the use of a spade, and booting Adam and Eve out of a many arched Eden. there are 8 and a half of these fonts in England.
lower halstow font c.1175

lower halstow font c.1175

01 Nov 2009 110
Kings holding sceptres and angels alternate under the arcade on this lead font, probably made in lead producing England. There are still 30 here in churches.
duloe font

duloe font

01 Nov 2009 155
This font is believed to come from the nearby holy well; snakes and dolphins surround the top with larger beasts on the basin. Possibly c.1140?
east meon font

east meon font

01 Nov 2009 182
Adam and Eve eat the fruit offered by the serpent on this Tournai marble font from c.1150
lansallos font 1170

lansallos font 1170

07 Nov 2009 159
lanreath font 1190

lanreath font 1190

07 Nov 2009 149
chalice font with palmette design and jacobean cover
altarnun font 1180

altarnun font 1180

07 Nov 2009 141
childrey font 1200

childrey font 1200

07 Nov 2009 160
lead font with repeated bishops
anstey font 1200

anstey font 1200

07 Nov 2009 129
mermen glower from this font, similar to one in cambridge
overbury font

overbury font

04 Nov 2009 157
c.1155 font with founder holding up a church
stoneleigh font [from maxstoke] 1140

stoneleigh font [from maxstoke] 1140

08 Nov 2009 171
faces top an arcade of once named saints on this stone font
haddenham font 1150

haddenham font 1150

08 Nov 2009 122
crocodile like monsters ring the bowl of this norman font.
gloucester font from lancaut . 1160

gloucester font from lancaut . 1160

08 Nov 2009 155
sophisticated lead font of the mid c12
hook norton font / eve, adam

hook norton font / eve, adam

30 Nov 2009 227
hook norton font / aquarius, sagittarius

hook norton font / aquarius, sagittarius

30 Nov 2009 108
hook norton font / basilisk

hook norton font / basilisk

30 Nov 2009 126
heckington font c12

heckington font c12

28 Dec 2009 109
447 items in total