Navan No. 1
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B01: symbol - shield - emblem - Christ - Cross of Human Salvation
Scene Description: Roe identifies it as the "Cross of Human Salvation"/"Arma Christy"; it bears a later inscription dated 1716
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roe, 1968
Image Source: Roe (1968: pl. XXXVI)
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B02: coat of arms - Butler family
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roe, 1968
Image Source: Roe (1968: pl. XXXVIa)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roe, 1968
Image Source: Roe (1968: pl. XXXVI)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 00905NAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Mary (Church of Ireland)
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Hill, Townparks, Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland -- Tel.: +353 46 902 1172
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Meath / An Mhí, Leinster
Directions to Site: Navan is about 30 miles north-west of Dublin on the N3.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century (mid?), Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Roe (1968: [89]-91 and pl. XXXVI) as a "finely dressed font [...] octagonal in form with rather shallowly chamfered under panels", and identifies the octagonal shaft of the base as modern, although the lower part of the base may be original. Of the two shields, Roe identifies one as the "Cross of Human Salvation" and adds that the poorly incised inscription (IN HOC SIGNO VINCES 1716) is a later addition; Roe identifies the second shield as bearing the arms of the Butler family, and further states that the font may be "the sole surviving item from the Earl's [Earl of Ormond] benefactions to St. Mary's Abbey." Also in Pike (1989: 42-43].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.651583, -6.683389
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 39' 5.7" N, 6° 41' 0.2" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Rim Thickness: 7.7 cm (Roe)
Diameter (inside rim): 50.5 cm (Roe)
Basin Depth: 17.7 cm (Roe)
Height of Basin Side: 25.5 cm (Roe)
Basin Upper Panel Dimensions: 25.5 x 27.4 cm (Roe)
Basin Lower Panel Dimensions: 19 x 26.6 tapering to 16.5 cm (Roe)
Font Height (less Plinth): 113.03 cm (Pike)
Trapezoidal Basin: 65.9 cm (width)(calculated)
Notes on Measurements: Roe (1968: 91) and Pike (1989)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: Roe states that the poorly executed inscription was added later
Inscription Location: On one of the two shields on the basin sides
Inscription Text: "IN / HOC / SIG / NO / VIN / CES / 1716"
Inscription Source: Roe (1968: [89]; Pike (1989: 43)
REFERENCES
Cogan, Anthony, The Diocese of Meath: Ancient and Modern, Kill Lane, Blackrock, Co. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1992 (c1862)
II, Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, 1893, pp. 373; vol. for 1891: 463
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
Roe, Helen M., Medieval Fonts of Meath, Longford, Ireland: Meath Archaeological and Historical Society, 1968