Minster nr. Launceston No. 2 / Talkarn
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07407MIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Ma[r]teriana
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Madrun [aka Materiana, Merteriana]
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Davidstow and Boscastle, W of Launceston
Font Notes:
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Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) with two fonts:1) a font of the Norman period, and 2)another font of the Early English period. This is probably the same font referred to in the web page of The Hundred of Lesnewth [http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~cornwall] as being made of porphyry, but Cox (1912) notes a font at Minster made of "Tintagel Greenstone".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, porphyry? / Tintagel greenstone?
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 13
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 193