Llansantffraed / Llansantffraid
Image copyright © Lord, 2003
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B01: design element - motifs - semicircle - concentric
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lord, 2003
Image Source: Lord, in Diwylliant... (1998-2003, vol. 3: fig. 96)
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BBL01: design element - motifs - rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lord, 2003
Image Source: Lord, in Diwylliant... (1998-2003, vol. 3: fig. 96)
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view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thurlby, 2006
Image Source: B&W photograph in Thurlby (2006)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 04367LLA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Bride? / Bridget?
Church Patron Saints: St. Brigid of Ireland [aka Brigit, Bridget, Bride, Brydoch, Brydock, Ffraed, Ffraid, Fraed]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Monmouthshire
Directions to Site: Located about 10 km SE of Abergavenny down the A40 (dir. Raglan)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Monmouthshire workshop?
Cognate Fonts: The fonts at Abergavenny, Bettws Newydd, Goetre and Llansantffraed were presumably all made in the same workshop
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in Newman (2000) as a Norman font of the 12th century, the work of a local workshop [cf. Cognate fonts] whose specialty was "cup-shaped bowl decorated with concentric semicircles on a roll moulding." Described and illustrated by Lord, in Diwylliant... (1998-2003), who assigns it to a Monmouthshire workshop responsible for the fonts at Abergavenny, Goetre, Betws Newydd and Llansantffraed. Noted and illustrated in Thurlby (2006) [NB: the roll moulding which is more commonly placed at the meeting of the underbowl and stem on most round font designs is, however, placed on these fonts at the bottom of the basin side, i.e., above the area usually defined as the underbowl]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted) -- chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 66 cm
Notes on Measurements: Lord, in Diwylliant... (1998-2003, vol. 3: 78)
REFERENCES
The Visual Culture of Wales = Diwylliant gweledol Cymru, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1998-2003
Newman, John, Gwent/Monmouthshire, London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 2000
Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006