Solva / Solfach
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05915SOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Norman
Cognate Fonts: The font at Johnston and many others in the same county [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Aidan [originally from the medieval Church of St. Elvis]
Font Location in Church: The font was originally from the old Church of St. Elvis, but was moved to the new 19th-century church
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in the SW tip of Wales, on the N coast of St. Brides Bay, about 25 km NW of Haverfordwest up the A487 [NB: the site of the old medieval church of St Elvis is south ot St. Elvis Farm]
Additional Comments: recycled font: originally from neaby St Elvis' -- moved to new (19th-century) church of St Aidan's
Font Notes:
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Described in Tyrrell-Green (1928:) as an early baptismal stone font consisting of a square basin mounted on a pedestal base. Described in Lloyd, etc. (2001): "Font. C12 scalloped square bowl from the lost church of St. Elvis". Noted in Thurlby (2006) in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 455
- Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 188
- Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 24-25