Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society . f the Cathedral, it was somewhat dilapidated?= and ithas since been reworked and some fresh carving inserted. {CarlislePatriot, Dec. 2, 1870.) It is not easy to discover what the Font was like beforeit underwent the transformation mentioned in the Patriot,no notice of it occurring in any of the County histories,guides to Carlisle, lectures on the Cathedral, or in anylocal literature I am acquainted with. There is nothingabout its appearance now to mark its pre-Reformation dateexcept the staple-fangs in the lip,
Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society . f the Cathedral, it was somewhat dilapidated?= and ithas since been reworked and some fresh carving inserted. {CarlislePatriot, Dec. 2, 1870.) It is not easy to discover what the Font was like beforeit underwent the transformation mentioned in the Patriot,no notice of it occurring in any of the County histories,guides to Carlisle, lectures on the Cathedral, or in anylocal literature I am acquainted with. There is nothingabout its appearance now to mark its pre-Reformation dateexcept the staple-fangs in the lip, and a Dove in relief onthe side of the bowl. The Revd. Francis Richardson,vicar of Corbridge-on-Tyne, and first Incumbent of , writes on this subject. The Font was in old St. Marys Church when it formed part of theCathedral. When the new St. Marys was built, the architect of the * For the condition of the interior of St. Marys Church one hundred and fiftyyears ago, see the letter of Prebendary Wilson to Dr. Waugh. Mounseys Carlisle in 1745, p. 1S6. BAPTISMAL FONTS. 231. new Church presented the Font which they now have. The late -•? * ??? * ??? I heard, had either removed or intendedto remove the old Font into his garden. In order to save it fromthe improper use to which it was apparently intended to put it, andto preserve a relic of old St. Marys in which I believe, generationsof Carlisle people had been baptized, I applied to Dean Closeto have it removed to St. Pauls. My request was complied with andI had it repaired, and with one exception had what vvas sculpturedon the Font altered into thesacred monogram. The excep-tion was a Dove with a branchin its mouth, which you will stillfind The only thing Irememberwasthe defaced figureof a man clasping a sort of ovalin front of him, which lookedlike having once had a coat of arms or some device upon it. Whilst undergoing this repair the form of the Fontwas changed from a hexagon into an octagon, very sHghtl
Size: 2013px × 1242px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, bookidtransactions, bookyear1866
