Stone Lectern, St John the Baptist, Crowle, Worcestershire, England - Stone Church Artefacts on Waymarking.com

From the Romanesque Sculpture website at (visit link) :-
"Only the lectern is Romanesque; in 1841 it was rescued from the churchyard and placed under the belfry stairs; it was restored by the vicar,c.1845"

"Supported by five modern shafts on conjoined attic bases with flattened lower tori and foliate spurs. The double plinth has a plain upper section and a lower one with recessed sloping top, rolled edge and a groove on the face. There is a modern plinth below.

The desk has a sloping top, sunk to receive the book. In the centre at the front is a forward-facing male figure, with bent knees and feet resting on two stems issuing from an inverted mask beneath. His outstretched arms are bent at the elbows, his hands gripping the top of the scrolled stem on either side. The figure has parted shoulder-length hair drawn behind the ears and wears a close-fitting garment with stylised folds and a slit-neck border. The stems issuing from the mask scroll symmetrically to R and L of the figure, each terminating in two pairs of furled triple leaves with fluted surface and scalloped edge, the end pair enclosing seeds or grapes. The carving, in high relief, is bold and vigorous. On each side of the desk is an inverted feline mask, from which issue stems to R and L, bearing similar leaves to those on the front. The stems scroll towards the front angles of the desk in mirror image to the scrolls on the front; they are joined at each angle by a large leaf with furled tip. The desk is made of a single block of greyish-brown compact limestone, with the bedding planes roughly running parallel with the book platform. The chin or beard of the figure has broken off along a bedding place and accurately replaced; the same bedding plane is responsible for the loss of the nose.."

Approximate Age of Artefact: Circa 1200 Relevant Website: [Web Link]

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