Thomastown No. 2
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B02: design element - architectural - arcade - blind
![only two arches visible on the fragment [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1040128011_compressed.png)
Scene Description: only two arches visible on the fragment [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 22)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
view of font - fragment
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 22)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00884THO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Ossory font
Cognate Fonts: Others of the same group
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church (C. of I.) [now closed and re-purposed as private dwelling -- built with parts of the original mid-13th century temple]
Font Location in Church: Fragments in the churchyard
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: early-19thC church replaced a 13thC church; the modern church was re-purposed eventually as a private dwelling
Church Address: Pipe St, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
Site Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Thomastown is located off the R700, about 18 km SE of Kilkenny
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ossory
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 22-23) as "fragments of a Medieval font of the Ossory type, with decorated Gothic flutes. The surface of the bowl is decorated with Early English foliage", the baptismal vessel of "the Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a fine mid thirteenth century building". The illustration in Pike (ibid.) shows a fragment that appears to be the corner of a square basin, with two blind arches on it. [cf. Index entry for Thomastown No. 1 for a medieval font decorated with heraldic motifs and still in use in the Roman Catholic parish church of this town]
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 626545 5821275
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.526859, -7.13462
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 31′ 36.69″ N, 7° 8′ 4.63″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: fragment
Font Shape: square, mounted?
Basin Exterior Shape: square?
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. 22-23