Michaelston-le-Pit / Llanfihangel-y-Pwll / Llanvihangel-y-Pwll

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LB01: design element - motifs - spur

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 04402MIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Country Name: Wales
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Directions to Site: Located about 4 km SW of Cardiff [NB: not to be mistaken with Michaelston-super-Ely W of Cardiff]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, W side
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes:
Described in Orrin (1988): "The font of Purbeck marble which belongs to the Early English period of architecture, has an octagonal bowl on a cylindrical shaft and angle spurs at the base." Noted in Newman (1995) as a medieval font, "octagonal on a round stem." [NB: Orrin (1988) mentions an octagonal holy-water stoup "on the east side of the south doorway"; it may be medieval -- not listed in this Index]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

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