Limerick No. 2
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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LB01: design element - patterns - torsade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 55)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 55)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02733LIM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Cathedral Church of St. Mary (C. of I.)
Font Location in Church: In the baptistery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Bridge St, Englishtown, Limerick, V94 E068, Ireland
Site Location: Limerick, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located of the R463 [aka Athlinkard St], on the E bank of the Shannon river
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 55) as the second font in St. Mary's Cathedral [cf. Index entry for Limerick No. 1 for the font in use in this church], located in the baptistery and no longer in use. Pike (ibid) suggests that "this font would seem to be Medieval", a "limestone, octagonal, tripartite font [that ] has no decoration except slanted flutes on the central pedestal", and notes "a tall wooden cover" on it. [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 525471 5835443
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.668333, -8.623333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 40′ 6″ N, 8° 37′ 24″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Height of Basin Side: 24.13 cm
Basin Total Height: 35.56 cm
Height of Base: 86.36 cm
Font Height (with Plinth): 121.92 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 66.04 cm (width)
Notes on Measurements: Pike (1989: 55)
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: "tall wooden font cover" Pike (1989: 55)
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, p. 55