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old-fashioned flower design element

ID
5559
Title
Lead Font, 1170
credit
Holly Hayes
Copyright
All Rights Reserved
Location
249262
Resolution
4000 x 2699 px (10 MP)
Camera
Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
focal length
100mm
Date Taken
November 4, 2007
Date Added
May 13, 2010
Last Updated
February 17, 2026

Image: Lead Font, 1170

This Romanesque baptismal font is the only monastic font in England to survive the Reformation. Made of lead and carved with images of Christ and 11 apostles, it dates from about 1170.

Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire, England, UK

by Holly Hayes
on November 4, 2007

subjects: — Blog Post: Dorchester Abbey with the New Tripod — Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire, England