St. Athan / Sain Tathan / Llandathan
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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding - double
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Image Source: B&W photograph in Thurlby (2006)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thurlby, 2006
Image Source: B&W photograph in Thurlby (2006)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04420ATH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Tathan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave, by the entranceway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Tathan [aka Athan, Tathana]
Church Address: The Green The Square, 1 The Green, St Athan, Barry CF62 4PF, United Kingdom
Site Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near the mouth of the Thaw, about 10 km SE of Cowbridge, in S Glamorgan
Font Notes:
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Described in Orrin (1988): "The font is of Sutton stone and probably late Norman. It has a plain cup-shaped bowl, bublous before the double string and the slightly concave stem, all done in one piece. It rests on a square plinth. The font has a twelve-sided pyramidal cover of oak with ribs down each angle and is surmounted by a finial. The bowl is lined with lead." In Newman (1995) as a large goblet-shaped baptismal font: "Of what medieval date? It is Sutton stone, so probably C12." Described and illustrated in Thurlby (2006): "although the font is plain it takes on an elegant goblet shape [...], a form that suggests wine and, concomitantly, a link between baptism and the eucharist." The village web site [http://www.stathanvillage.co.uk/html/church.html] [accessed 5 May 2009] notes: "On stepping down into the church, the font is the first item of note. This is a large, rather uncommon circular font, probably of late Norman date which stands on a square base 3 feet high from the floor. The base is made of Sutton stone (quarry at the mouth of the Ogmore River, near Bridgend). The cover is made of oak […] Traces of these hinges can be found on the rim of the font."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 471162 5694669
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.40251, -3.41458
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 24′ 9.04″ N, 3° 24′ 52.49″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, Sutton stone
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, goblet-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: unknown
Material: wood, oak
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Newman, John, Glamorgan (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan), London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 1995, p. 547
- Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988, p. 332
- Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 178 and fig. 256