Iona
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09108ION
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Benedictine abbey?
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iona_Abbey
Site Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the Island of Ionaj by the western tip of the Isle og Mull, off the western coast of Scotland
Historical Region: formerly Strathclyde
Additional Comments: recycled font: the base of a cross re-used as a font basin
Font Notes:
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Described in Fisher (2001: 4): "a cross-base [that] was used as a basin"
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Fisher, Ian, Early Medieval Sculpture in the West Highlands and Islands, Edinburgh: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland; The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 2001, p. 4