{"id":154,"date":"2011-03-26T11:40:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T11:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hemblingtonchurch.org.uk\/?page_id=154"},"modified":"2021-03-09T19:58:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T19:58:16","slug":"font","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hemblingtonchurch.org.uk\/?page_id=154","title":{"rendered":"Font"},"content":{"rendered":"

T<\/span>he church contains a particularly attractive, painted font. It is eight-sided and stands well up on two octagonal risers. On each of the sides of the bowl there is a rectangular panel in which is a seated figure.<\/p>\n

Starting at the west face and going to the south the figures may be identified as follows:<\/p>\n

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  1. The Holy Trinity represented by the seated figure of God the Father supporting the crucifix resting on an orb, and above is the Holy Dove.<\/li>\n
  2. Possibly one of the Apostles, holding a book in his left hand.<\/li>\n
  3. St Edmund, crowned and holding a sceptre.<\/li>\n
  4. St George seated with his feet resting on a winged dragon.<\/li>\n
  5. St Thomas Becket in full pontificals, holding his crozier in his left hand.<\/li>\n
  6. St Barbara, a tower in her left hand and a palm branch in her right.<\/li>\n
  7. St Agatha with her right hand raised as if warding off a sword.<\/li>\n
  8. Possibly one of the Apostles. Bare feet.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The bowl is supported on a stem made up of eight graceful niches in each of which is a figure standing on a high pedestal:<\/p>\n

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    1. St Leonard with a club in his right hand and fetters in his left.<\/li>\n
    2. St Catherine, a sword in her right hand, a wheel in her left.<\/li>\n
    3. St Stephen as a deacon, with a palm branch in his right hand and stones in his left.<\/li>\n
    4. St Mary Magdalen, with two long plaits of hair.<\/li>\n
    5. St Lawrence as a deacon holding a gridiron.<\/li>\n
    6. St Margaret of Antioch slaying the dragon with a sharp-pointed cross.<\/li>\n
    7. St Benedict holding a pastoral staff.<\/li>\n
    8. St Sitha or Zita, with keys and loaves of bread.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      \n

      The font was re-coloured in 1937 under the direction of Professor Tristram.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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