Kilkenny No. 4 / Cill Chainnigh
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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B01: design element - patterns - fluted
Scene Description: "continuous Gothic single flutes"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 20)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 20)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
INFORMATION
FontID: 00880KIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Former Church of St. Mary (C. of I.) [now Parish Hall]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: St Mary's Ln, Gardens, Kilkenny, Ireland
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Kilkenny, Leinster
Directions to Site: Located about 50 km N of Waterford up the N10
Font Location in Church: Reported "in the Monument Room [...] no longer in use" -- Pike (1989: 20-21)
Century and Period: 13th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Ossory font
Cognate Fonts: Other fonts of this group: Saul, Callan, etc.
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: 20-21) as a baptismal font of the Ossory group, "said to be 13th Century, [... made of] limestone and has a central drain, but is no longer in use. It has continuous Gothic single flutes. No decoration on the surface. The bowl is mounted on four pods."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.65179, -7.25221
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 39′ 6.44″ N, 7° 15′ 7.96″ W
UTM: 29U 618231 5834970
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Height of Basin Side: 38.1 cm
Basin Total Height: 38.1 cm
Height of Base: 59.7 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 97.8 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 71.12 x 71.12 cm
Notes on Measurements: Pike (1989: 20-21)
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