Bonvilston / Tresimwn
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B01: design element - motifs - leaf
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Orrin, 1988
Image Source: B&W photograph in Orrin (1988)
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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Orrin, 1988
Image Source: B&W photograph in Orrin (1988)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Orrin, 1988
Image Source: B&W photograph in Orrin (1988)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 04380BON
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Wales
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Directions to Site: Located about 10 km NW of Barry, on the A48 from Cardiff to Bridgend, in S Glamorgan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Transitional
Cognate Fonts: Newman (1995) gives the font at Capel Llanilltern as cognate
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in Orrin (1988) with 13th-century date. Orrin (ibid.) notes that this "is reputed to be the smallest font in the diocese of Llandaff." . Described in Newman (1995) as as "an exceptionally fine piece of c. 1200. Circular bowl carved in relief with large, rhythmically disposed leaves" and dates the base to probably the 19th century.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern
REFERENCES
Newman, John, Glamorgan (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan), London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 1995
Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988