Fuzzy image copyright Rhiannon 2015
Saturday, 14 March 2015
Charlton (Malmesbury), Wiltshire
This is not the best picture of the font at Charlton. I was rather hoping to be able to sit and draw it. But I felt too embarrassed to stay and start in front of the many bell ringers doing their practising. The top doesn't match the bottom - imagine how lovely it would be with a simple base, not that incongruous (and hideous) angular thing. Its 'pellets' are familiar from other fonts B and I have seen. And the 'rope moulding' is maybe even a rather retro Anglo-Saxon design? It's a brilliant, simple, beautifully wonky font. I like it a lot.
Labels:
carving,
Charlton,
church,
font,
Malmesbury,
Norman,
pellets,
Romanesque,
rope-moulding,
sculpture,
Wiltshire
Location:
Charlton, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16, UK
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Yes, this is beautiful and very pleasing in its simplicity. I agree about the base.
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