Detail of a 12th century font with arcading and figures around the bowl, and a scene of the Crucifixion on the east side, in St Peter and St Paul's Church

Date:: 1940 - 1963

Location:: Church of St Peter and St Paul, Coleshill, North Warwickshire, Warwickshire

Reference:: AA63/02115

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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Detail of a 12th century font with an octagonal base and round bowl with arcading around it. The arcading creates eleven areas, with four containing carvings of figures, and the rest decorative foliage and scrolls. On the east end of the font is a depiction of the Crucifxion, with the Virgin Mary and St John on either side and surrounded by a circular band which cuts across the standing figures. The church dates to the 14th and 15th centuries with restoration work having been completed in 1868-69 bu W. Slater.

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This is part of the Series: EMB01/01 Negatives Taken By Mrs E M Booty; within the Collection: EMB01 Mrs E M Booty Collection

Detail of a 12th century font with arcading and figures around the bowl, and a scene of the Crucifixion on the east side, in St Peter and St Paul's Church

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