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
Font ID: 04380BON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Transitional
Cognate Fonts: Newman (1995) gives the font at Capel Llanilltern as cognate
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 1882 A48, Bonvilston, Cardiff CF5 6TP, United Kingdom
Site Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 10 km NW of Barry, on the A48 from Cardiff to Bridgend, in S Glamorgan
Additional Comments: altered font: base [lower base?] is 19th-century
Font Notes:
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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.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 475836 5700748
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.457392, -3.347801
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 27′ 26.61″ N, 3° 20′ 52.09″ W
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, p. 44, 157
- Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988, p. 112 and ill. on p. 88