St. Lythans / Llwyneliddon
Image copyright © Orrin, 1988
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B01: design element - patterns - chevron or zigzag?
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Orrin, 1988
Image Source: B&W photograph in Orrin (1988)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
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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: 04424LYT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Bleiddian
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bleiddian [aka Bleddian]
Church Address: St Lythans, Wenvoe, Cardiff CF5 6BQ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 29 2280 6018
Site Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A4050, about 7 kms W of Cardiff, in S Glamorgan
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Davids
Font Notes:
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Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a Norman font decorated with a zigzag or chevron motif on the panels of the basin. Described in Newman (1995) as a 12th-century "mighty tub encircled with six rows of zigzag." Orrin (1988) notes: "The Norman font is barrel-shaped and decorated with six rows of large chevron moulding in a continuous pattern. There is no base or stem and the font rest upon some modern stonework. Its size provides ample evidence for the practice of total immersion of the infant". Thurlby (2006) writes: "The cylindrical form of the St Lythans' font may lack the elegant lines of the St Athan's goblet but it makes up for that with no less than six rows of chevron ornament." The base on which the monolithic basin is raised is made of stone blocks. Low-dome cover with ring-handle.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 480438 5699687
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.44803, -3.2815
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 26′ 52.91″ N, 3° 16′ 53.4″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Gustafsson, Evald, "Majestatis", Svensk konstnärsklexikon, 1961, p. 44, 565
- Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988, p. 87, 380; ill. on p. 88
- Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 178
- Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 80