Ardmore
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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B01: design element - motifs - line
Scene Description: on the sides of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 16)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 16)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
INFORMATION
FontID: 00912ARD
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Paul (C. of I.) [may have been originally from St. Declan's]
Church Patron Saints: St. Paul
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Waterford / Port Láirge, Munster
Directions to Site: Ardmore is on the west bank of Ardmore Bay, 8-10 miles east of Youghal on the R673.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 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 (1989: 16) as an octagonal baptismal font that "would seem to be of a later date than the other Cushion Capital types but yet it has a certain resemblance to Cushion Capital as as the eight panels fit together in pairs making up four sides to the bowl [...] The font is made of sandstone and has a cylindrical basin", with a central drain that is blocked. Pike reports that both the pedestal and the plinth "have been repaired" and and cites Lord Killanin and Michael Duignan, authors of the Shell Guide to Ireland (p. 67), who "describe the font as 15th Century and say it was taken from St Declan's Church or Cathedral" although she points out that the said cathedral "has Romanesque arcading and sculpture". [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:
51.95007,
-7.72511
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 57′ 0.25″ N,
7° 43′ 30.4″ W
UTM: 29U 587618 5756253
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Basin Total Height: 35.56 cm
Font Height (with Plinth): 81.92 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 66.04 x 66.04 cm
Notes on Measurements: Pike (1989: 16)
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