The octagonal font in St John the Baptist's Church is believed to date from around 1500. On the eight panels around the bowl are seven figures, each holding part of a long scroll. The eighth panel features a carving of the Holy Trinity: God the Father is seated on a throne, with the crucified Son in front of him, and the Spirit descending in the form of a dove. As this representation was regulated by iconoclasts in the 16th and 17th centuries, it is a rare surviving example.
This is part of the Series: LTC01/01 Lady Trenchard Cox: Series of Negatives; within the Collection: LTC01 Lady Trenchard Cox Collection
© Historic England Archive
Photographer: Cox, Mary Desiree
Medieval Parish Church, Medieval Font, Religion
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