54 DERBYSHIRE FONTS. 



neighbouring village of Thorpe Arnold (vide The Reliquary, vol. 

 ix.) with the same ornament on it, also a characteristic bit of 

 Norman symbolical carving. 



Thus the Twyford (Leicestershire) font is very early in the 

 Early English style, but this example at Bradboume has the 

 design more fully developed — from an arrangement of fleur- 

 headed crosses paiecs in a circle — into what may be called 

 tracery. 



Bakewell. 



As Fig. 2 shows the angles of this font are chamfered and the 

 sides are all ornamented with designs, as on the two shown. 

 This font must not be confused with the other font at Brad- 

 bourne ; this other font is Norman, and lies beneath the tower, 

 rescued from the gardens of the hall. 



This font is one of those rude specimens which have already 

 been mentioned, and is, as a rule, pointed out, with much 

 reverence, to the casual visitor to Bakewell Church as 

 Saxon ! 



How many people depart annually from Bakewell with this 

 curious and misleading piece of information instilled into their 

 minds it would be hard to imagine, as even some of the guide 

 books have not yet had this startling fact " edited " from their 

 pages. 



The three photographs of this really very interesting font 

 show all the eight sides. 



Each face of the octagon is roughly, indeed badly, carved 

 with saintly figures under unorthodox canopies, formed by the 

 interlacement of natural foliage (at least it is supposed to 

 represent nature), with cuspings beneath the boughs. 



Taking Dr. Cox's interpretation of the figures shown, we first 

 light upon the very evident figure of St. Peter, with his custom- 

 ary symbols of church and key. The fact that the wards of 

 the key are as bulky as the whole church was but a small, and 

 quite unimportant, detail to this slovenly sculptor. 



