Enniskillen, St. Macartin's / St. Macartan's
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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B1R01: design element - motifs - braid
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 54)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
B2R01: design element - motifs - chevron
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 54)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
R01: inscription
Scene Description: dates the font to 1666, the gift of William Vincent, Rector
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 54)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
INFORMATION
FontID: 00859ENN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Cathedral Church of St. Macartan (C. of I.)
Church Patron Saints: St. Macartan [aka Macartin, Aedh Mac Cairthinn]
Church Location: Cathedral Hall, 2 Halls Ln, Enniskillen BT74 7DR, United Kingdom
Country Name: Northern Ireland
Location: Fermanagh
Directions to Site: Located at the crossroads of the A4 with the A32, 65 km NW of Cavan (the church is located on the main street)
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1989 inside the church and in use
Date: 1666
Century and Period: 17th century(mid)
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].
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Pike (1989): "This limestone, octagonal fon has a blocked central drain. The bowl is small, only measuring 15 inches across, with a tall reconstructed bulbous pedestal and square base. The decoration encompasses the shallow bowl with a line of chevron in relief surmounted by a flowing chain. An inscription on the surface of the rim reads 'The Gift of William Vincent Rector Chirchad 1666'. The font is in use". Rowan (2003) comments: "set like a sundial on a turned baluster".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.346667, -7.641111
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 20′ 48″ N, 7° 38′ 28″ W
UTM: 29U 588330 6022944
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: Central drain is blocked.
Diameter (includes rim): 38.1 cm (width)
Basin Total Height: 38.1 cm
Height of Base: 68.58 cm [calculated]
Font Height (with Plinth): 106.68 cm
Notes on Measurements: Pike (1989: 54)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: English
Inscription Location: On the surface of the rim.
Inscription Text: "The Gift of William Vincent Rector Chirchad 1666"
Inscription Source: Pike (1989: 54)
REFERENCES
Ocón Alonso, Dulce, "La representación de la anástasis de la basílica de Armentia", VI, 11 (1993), Cuadernos de arte e iconografía, 1993, pp. [http://www.fuesp.com/revistas/pag/cai1121.htm]; p. 277
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