Timogue
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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BH01: Christ - head of Christ
Scene Description: Carved on the side of the basin it serves as outlet for the drain
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 48)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 48)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
INFORMATION
FontID: 00886TIM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mogue (C. of I.)
Church Patron Saints: St. Máedóc of Ferns [aka Áedan, Aeddan, Aidan, Aidanus, Edanus, Madoc, Mo Aodh Óg, Mogue]
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Laois, Leinster
Directions to Site: Timogue is 2 miles SSW of Stradbally. Stradbally itself is 5-6 miles east of Portlaoise on the N80 to Carlow.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Medieval
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: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in Pike (989: 48-49): "The octagonal, Medieval font in the Church of St. Mogue, Timogue, may have come from the ancient Friary" [i.e., a Franciscan Friary founded by O'More Noughaval in 1447 and disbanded in 1563, in Stradbally]. "It has panels of irregular size [...]. The font is limestone and in use; the drain is at one side with the outlet in the Head of Christ, sculpted on one side of the bowl in high relief. The reconstructed pedestal and base are octagonal." [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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.991495,
-7.174048
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 59′ 29.38″ N,
7° 10′ 26.57″ W
UTM: 29U 622559 5872884
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: The outlet of the drain is a head of Christ sculpted on the side of the bowl
Height of Basin Side: 25.4 cm
Basin Total Height: 48.25 cm
Height of Base: 58.43 cm
Basin Upper Panel Dimensions: Irregular, between 17.15 and 26.04 cm ["panels of irregular size: 8.5in., 8in., 8.5in., 8.5in., 8.5in., 9in., 6.75in., 10.25 in."]
Font Height (with Plinth): 106.68 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 51.84 cm (width)
Notes on Measurements: Pike (1989: 49)
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