Bective
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
Results: 7 records
B01: human figure - male - head?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roe, 1968
Image Source: Roe (1968: pl. Xa)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
B02: symbol - shield - cross - Latin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roe, 1968
Image Source: Roe (1968: pl. IX)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
B03: design element - motifs - leaf - vine?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roe, 1968
Image Source: Roe (1968: pl. IX)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
B05: human figure - female? - head
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roe, 1968
Image Source: Roe (1968: pl. Xb)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 46)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: Cooke (1903: 369)
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roe, 1968
Image Source: Roe (1968: pl. IX)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00897BEC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary (C. of I.) [orig. from Clady?]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church at Bective since 1953
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Bective Church, Old Trim Road, Bective, Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland
Site Location: Meath / An Mhí, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Bective is about 5 miles south of Navan off the R161 Navn to Trim.
Additional Comments: re-cycled font: at least on of the pieces does not seem to belong to it -- MUST USE -- have images but no permission, except for Pike's drawing
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Roe (1968: [25]-27): octagonal mounted baptismal font of uncertain origin; the font was brought into the present church at Bective in 1953 by canon Athey from the gardens at Bective House, where it has served as birdbath; some sources attempted to establish its origin as the medieval church at Clady, but Roe (ibid.) states that "this ascription may well be correct, but cannot be considered certain". The font cosists of four pieces, at least one of which, an added underbowl, does not seem to belong to it: an octagonal basin with four plain sides and four decorated with: 1)shield with Latin cross; 2)four vine leaves in a knot; 3)human face (male?); 4)human face (female?); these heads are at opposite panels. Roe dates the basin to the 15th century. Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 46) [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]
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 651984 5940952
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.595334, -6.70342
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 35′ 43.2″ N, 6° 42′ 12.31″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: four
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Rim Thickness: 3.2 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 49.5 cm
Basin Depth: 20.2 cm
Height of Basin Side: 25.4 cm
Basin Total Height: 40.64 cm
Height of Base: 53.34 cm
Basin Upper Panel Dimensions: 17.4 x 19 cm (tapering to 12.7 cm a/p Roe
Font Height (with Plinth): 93.98 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 57.15 cm (width)
Notes on Measurements: Roe (1968: [25]-27); Pike (1989: 46)
REFERENCES
- Brash, R.R., Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, [s.l.]: [s.n.], [s.d.], p. 140
- 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. 46
- Roe, Helen M., Medieval Fonts of Meath, Longford, Ireland: Meath Archaeological and Historical Society, 1968, p. [25]-27 and pl. IX, X
- Wilde, W., Beauties of Boyne and Blackwater, [s.l.]: [s.n.], 1949, p. 94-96