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design element - architectural - column - square columns - with capitals and bases - 4

Scene Description: modern replacement columns moulded up and down

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph in the kinsale.cork.anglican.org site [https://kinsale.cork.anglican.org/about/history/] [accessed 28 April 2023]

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design element - patterns - torsade

Scene Description: on the broad central shaft of the base

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view of basin - upper view

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kinsale, St Multose Church."

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 28 July 2021 by Jonjobaker [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kinsale_-_St_Multose_Church_-_20210728143727.jpg] [accessed 28 April 2023]

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view of font

Image Source: Pike (1989: 25)

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view of font - detail

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view of font - west side

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view of font in context - west side

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view of font in context - west side

Scene Description: Source caption: "an ancient square stone baptismal font sitting on 5 columns at the entrance to the main aisle. Perhaps the stone floor that it sits upon is designed for the pouring of water over baptismal candidates as they kneel near the font."

Image Source: digital photograph 4 March 2021 by James Hundt, in Foresight Arch [https://foresightarch.com/st-multose-church-kinsale/] [accessed 28 April 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00849KIN

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Multose (C. of I.)

Church Patron Saints: St. Multose

Church Location: Church Ln, Sleveen, Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland -- Tel.: +353 21 477 2220

Country Name: Republic of Ireland

Location: Cork, Munster

Directions to Site: Located off the R600-R605 confluence, on the N shore of Kinsale Harbour, about 25 km S of Cork

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Norman

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 of ca.1190 on the site of an earlier ecclesiastical place; modified mid-18th, 20thC

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 25-26) as being the original font of the church of St. Multose, built in 1190, and still in use. The font "is square with a central drain and is made of limestone. It is tripartite. The four square pods might be reconstructed. The central round pedestal is fliuted diagonally. It has a square plinth. The bowl is square externally, whereas internally the corners are rounded [NB: local sources -received indirectly by BSI- claim this font is said to be older than William the Conqueror, but the church of this Romanesque abbey is dated 1190, which makes the claim unlikely]. The entry for this church in kinsale.cork.anglican.org [https://kinsale.cork.anglican.org/about/how-to-find-us/st-multose-church-kinsale/] [accessed 27 April 2023] notes: "Originally built in 1190 this church has undergone various improvements and additions throughout its 800 year history". Noted and illustrated in James Hundt (4 March 2021) [https://foresightarch.com/st-multose-church-kinsale/] [accessed 27 April 2023]: "ancient square stone baptismal font sitting on 5 columns at the entrance to the main aisle. Perhaps the stone floor that it sits upon is designed for the pouring of water over baptismal candidates as they kneel near the font."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.70585, -8.52579

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 42′ 21.06″ N, 8° 31′ 32.84″ W

UTM: 29U 532768 5728429

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: square [with rounded corners]

Basin Exterior Shape: square

Drainage Notes: no lining; a stone insert appears to be in use

Height of Basin Side: 48.26 cm*

Basin Total Height: 48.26 cm*

Font Height (with Plinth): 106.68 cm*

Trapezoidal Basin: 66.04 x 63.5 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * Pike (1989: 26)

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