Sarnau nr. Penbryn

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BBL: design element - motifs - scallop

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 06359SAR
Church/Chapel: Chapel-at-ease of Sarnau, in the parish of Penbryn [orig. from the church at Cernath]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Ceredigion
Directions to Site: Sarnau is located on the A487, 15 km EEN of Cardigan. Penbryn is 2-3 km NW of Sarnau, on the Ceredigion Heritage Coast. Cenarth is located on the A484, about 12 km EES of Cardigan
Historical Region: formerly Cardiganshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the chapel
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Workshop/Group/Artisan: North Devon workshop
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Tyrrell-Green (1928): "Another example of an old font in a new church is found at the chapel-at-ease at Sarnau in the parish of Penbryn (Cardigan). This is a large square Norman bowl that was rescued from base use in the parish of Cenarth (Carmarthen). It would seem there fore that this is the old font of Cenrath once more restored to its sacred use, though at some distance from its original home, where its place has been occupied by the fine bowl that has strayed from Llandisiliogogo." This same source (ibid.) describes the square basin as being "scalloped around the lower rim of the bowl". Listed by Lord (2003) as one of about twenty square fonts produced by a north-Devon workshop [NB: Lord cites Robert Boak's unpublished research as source for the workshop identification]. The decoration of these fonts consists chiefly of scallop and/or foliage motifs. Listed in Thurlby (2006) as one of several "table-top fonts with scalloped undersides in Cardiganshire" [including: Llanfihangel Ystrad, Mynt, Penbryn, Sarnau, Tremain].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one [original base missing]
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

The Visual Culture of Wales = Diwylliant gweledol Cymru, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1998-2003
Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006
Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928