Cork No. 3
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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inscription
Scene Description: [cf. Inscription area]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Pike (1989: 28)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Pike (1989: 28)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 00845COR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Peter [deconsecrated in 1949]
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: 87A N Main St, Centre, Cork, T12 RF8D, Ireland
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Cork, Munster
Directions to Site: Located off North Main Street, N of the N22, S of the river
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese Cork, Cloyne and Ross
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1989 in this church
Century and Period: 13th century [re-cut in the 17th century], Early English [altered]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Dr. Rachel Moss, and to Trinity College, Dublin, for the copy of Ms. Pike's work, and to Ms. Joan Pike for her kind permission to reproduce her original drawings]
Church Notes: church originally 12thC -- "The church has been remodelled to serve as offices for the Cork Vision Center (a tourist office and art gallery) and bears little resemblance to the ancient church it once was. It once had stained glass windows, one of which was dedicated to Robert Stevelly, church warden who died in 1795. The stained glass windows were removed when the church was deconsecrated in 1949" [source: http://www.corkrecords.com/StPetersIndex.htm [accessed 16 February 2010]]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Windele (1849) in his description of St. Peter's: "On a plain stone font, which had belonged to the ancient structure, are cut, in raised characters the letters R. W. and the date 1664." Described and illustrated in Pike (1989): "The broken font is late medieval and is no longer in use. Made of limestone. It is tripartite but in three separate parts. The bowl is square with pronounced bevelling at the corners. Internally it is hemispherical [...]. One side is inscribed 'R.W.in 1664'".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.8997, -8.4786
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 53' 58.488" N, 8° 28' 42.42" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square (with bevelled corners)
Diameter (inside rim): 52.07 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 22.22 cm*
Basin Total Height: 36.83 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 49.53 cm*, bevelling is 11.43 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Pike (1989: 28)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: English
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: Basin side
Inscription Text: "R.W. in 1664"
Inscription Source: Pike (1989: 28)
REFERENCES
Pike, Joan H.K., "Medieval Fonts of Ireland", [Supplied courtesy of The Dept. of the History of Art, Trinity College, Dublin], [Ireland]: [Privately printed], 1989
Windele, J., Historical and descriptive notices of the city of Cork and its vecinity […], Cork: Bradford & Co., 1849