Llansantffraed / Llansantffraed-juxta-Usk / Llansantffraid
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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
Font ID: 04367LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 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
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Bride [aka St. Bridget]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Brigid of Ireland [aka Brigit, Bridget, Bride, Brydoch, Brydock, Ffraed, Ffraid, Fraed]
Church Address: Abergavenny NP7 9BA, United Kingdom
Site Location: Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A40, 5-6 km WNW of Raglan, in the municipality and about 10 km SE of Abergavenny
Font Notes:
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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]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 504608 5737128
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.785, -2.9332
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 47′ 6″ N, 2° 55′ 59.52″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, hemispheric, mounted
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, vol. 3: p. 78-79, fn66 and fig. 96
- Newman, John, Gwent/Monmouthshire, London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 2000, p. 21, 333
- Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 172 and fig. 242