Monasterevin / Mhainistir Eimhín / Mainstir Uí Mhórdha
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter in file)
Results: 5 records
B01:
design element - architectural - arcade
Scene Description: each arch containing a figure
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1987-1991: pl. 3)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter in file)
B02:
angel - holding object - 8
Scene Description: Pike mentions seven: cross, chalice, key, incense, sword of the spirit, crozier, cross and orb
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1987-1991: pl. 3)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter in file)
BU01:
design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: broad ribs (or arches?) on the underbowl
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1987-1991: pl. 3)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter in file)
R01:
design element - motifs - rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1987-1991: pl. 3)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter in file)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1987-1991: pl. 3)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter in file)
INFORMATION
FontID: 00992MON
Church/Chapel: Moore Abbey (R.C.) / Mainstir Uí Mhórdha
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist
Church Location: Moore Abbey, Monasterevin, Co. Kildare / Mainstir Ui Mhordha, Mainistir Eimhin, Co. Chill Dara -- Tel.: 045 525327
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Kildare, Leinster
Directions to Site: Located off the R445-R424-L309 crossroads, 12 km W of Kildare, 63 km W of Dublin. Moore Abbey now serves as hospital to the Sisters of the Charity of Jesus.
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1990 in the porch of the church
Date: ca. 1600? [Roger Stalley and Anne Crookshank]
Century and Period: 13th 14th century? [Carville] / 16th - 17th century, Medieval / composite
Described in Pike (1989) and (1987-1991), and Stalley (1987): on the font basin there are eight angels, carved in low relief, standing in rounded arches set on piers; each of the angels holds an emblem of the faith: the cross, the chalice, the key, incense, the sword of the spirit, the crozier, the cross and orb. The bowl curves inward over the top to a circular opening, with hatched rope edging, in the centre, which is 12 in. in diameter. A copper plate has been placed in this inner opening, on which stands a glass bowl for holy water. Dated to ca. 1600 by Stalley (1987) and Crookshank [NB: Pike (1987-1991: 209) notes: "Dr. Geraldine Carville claims (Monasterevin,, Valley of the Roses, 1989, pp. 73-79) that the font is thirteenth or fourteenth century, but there does not seem to be evidence to support this view", and follows Stalley's and Crookshank's dating to ca. 1600].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
53.136068,
-7.062868
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
53° 8′ 9.85″ N,
7° 3′ 46.33″ W
UTM: 29U 629586 5889160
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, Dundry stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: blocked
Diameter (includes rim): 58.42 cm
Basin Depth: 58.42 cm (?)
Font Height (with Plinth): 121.92 cm
Notes on Measurements: Pike (1989) and (1987-1991: 209)
REFERENCES
Pike, Joan H.K., "Medieval fonts in Kildare", 17, Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society, 1987-91, pp. 206-210; r["References"]
Stalley, Roger A., The Cistercian Monasteries of Ireland: an Account of the History, Art and Architecture of the White Monks in Ireland from 1142 to 1540, London & New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987
