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
Font ID: 00880KIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Ossory font
Cognate Fonts: Other fonts of this group: Saul, Callan, etc.
Church / Chapel Name: Former Church of St. Mary (C. of I.) [now Parish Hall]
Font Location in Church: Reported "in the Monument Room [...] no longer in use" -- Pike (1989: 20-21)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: St Mary's Ln, Gardens, Kilkenny, Ireland
Site Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located about 50 km N of Waterford up the N10
Additional Comments: recycled font: no longer in use
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."
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].
COORDINATES
UTM: 29U 618231 5834970
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.65179, -7.25221
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 39′ 6.44″ N, 7° 15′ 7.96″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
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, p. 20-21