Askeaton
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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B01: design element - motifs - floral - rosette - 6 petals
Scene Description: Several floral motifs with six petals
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 10)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 10)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
INFORMATION
FontID: 00889ASK
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary (C. of I.) [originally from the ruined medieval church at Shanagolden]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Limerick, Munster
Directions to Site: Askeaton is 17 km south-west of Limerick, on the N69 road.
Font Location in Church: In the church at Askeaton
Century and Period: 13th century (early), Medieval
Cognate Fonts: The decorative motifs resemble those on the font at Ballybacon and on the Killamery cross
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 (1989: 10): medieval font that was moved to St.Mary's, Askeaton c.1900 from Shanagolden, where it had been used in the Church of Ireland Parish Church, which incorporated the nave of an early thirteenth century Church, whose chancel was in ruins. The exterior of the cubid basin is decorated on the front and half of one other side with six-petalled flowers carved in relief, somewhat reminiscent of the 4-petalled flowers on the Killamery Cross, Ahenny group, and the 5-petalled flowers on the font at Ballybacon; the inner well of the basin is conical. It is mounted on a reconstructed pedestal and a square lower base/plinth. [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:
52.600455,
-8.970672
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 36′ 1.64″ N,
8° 58′ 14.42″ W
UTM: 29U 501986 5827826
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone (basin obnly)
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Basin Depth: 20.3 cm
Height of Basin Side: 33 cm
Basin Total Height: 33 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 33 cm cube (33 x 33 x 33 cm)
Notes on Measurements: Pike (1989: 10]
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