Baptistery, Church of Our Lady, Lillington
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Baptistery, Church of Our Lady, Lillington
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 10 Sep 2023
The round baptistery has a simple font of Ancaster stone and stained glass of dalle-de-verre by Dom Charles Norris OSB. The Latin text reads SPIRITUS SANGUIS ET AQUA, 'the Spirit, the water and the blood', from 1 John 5 verse 8. When the church was listed in 2011 it was reported that the font had been moved onto the nave, but it is now back in its proper place; see the listing at the Historic England site https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1402200?section=official-list-entry . 'Dalle-de-verre' means 'slab of glass' in French, and is a modern technique in which thick coloured glass is broken into pieces, which are then arranged and set in a frame made from concrete or epoxy resin. The thick pieces have deep, rich colours and bear the imperfections caused by breaking, which refract the light. For examples of Norris' work at Buckfast Abbey, see Image] and Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.302051
Longitude
-1.517035