Limerick No. 1

Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989

Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)

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BBU01: inscription

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989

Image Source: Pike (1989: 54)

Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989

Image Source: Pike (1989: 54)

Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)

INFORMATION

FontID: 00891LIM
Church/Chapel: Cathedral of St. Mary(C. of I.)
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Limerick, Munster
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1989 inside the church and in use
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]
Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 54) as one of two fonts in this cathedral church [cf. Index entry for Limerick No. 2 for the medieval font in this church]: "The first font, of limestone or sandstone, has a central drain and is in use. The bowl is hemispherical, lined with lead and is supported by a central pedestal with four pods. An inscription in relief round the rim reads 'One Baptism for the Remission of Sins'. This font does not appear to be Medieval." [NB: this font is much in the style of the old English fonts at Roche and Bodmin, except that the outer columns of the base start, not at the upper rim but at the underbowl; the closest in shape is that of Catthorpe, Leicestershire. Pike [cf. supra] that "it does not appear Medieval".] [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: 52.667663996, -8.620664184
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 40' 3.59" N, 8° 37' 14.39" W
UTM: 29U 525652.36114333 5835369.4494493

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 83.83 cm
Basin Total Height: 36.83 cm
Height of Base: 69.85 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 106.68 cm
Notes on Measurements: Pike (1989: 54)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: English
Inscription Location: upper part of the basin side
Inscription Text: "One Baptism for the Remission of Sins"
Inscription Source: Pike (1989: 54)

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