St. Davids No. 2 / Saint Davids / Tyddewi
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B01: inscription
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nash-Williams, 1950
Image Source: Nash-Williams (1950: pl. XLVIII)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nash-Williams, 1950
Image Source: Nash-Williams (1950: pl. XLVIII)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09112DAV
Object Type: Stoup?
Font Century and Period/Style: 10th - 11th century, Pre-Conquest
Church / Chapel Name: St Davids Cathedral Church / Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Davids_Cathedral
Church Patron Saint(s): St. David [aka David of Wales, Davidus, Dewy]
Church Address: The Pebbles, St Davids, Haverfordwest SA62 6RD, United Kingdom -- Tel.: : +44 1437 720202
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off road A487, 25 km WNW of Haverfordwest, in the westernmost tip of the Pembroke peninsula
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Davids
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: originally part of a cross MUST USE -- Have image
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Nash-Williams (1950: 208 and pl. XLVIII): lower part of a quadrangular shaft of a cross which "has been hollowed out to form a basin (? for use as a font or stoup)"; the outer side has rests of an inscription "in six or more lines [...] Round half-uncials, deeply cut in fairly good style. The monument is not likely to be earlier than the 10th century."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 343878 5750340
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.881944, -5.268333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 52′ 55″ N, 5° 16′ 6″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: quadrangular
Basin Exterior Shape: quadrangular
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 48.75 x 43.75 cm*
Notes on Measurements: Nash-Williams (1950: 208) has: "32+" h. x 19 1/2" w. x 17 1/2" t."
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin?
Inscription Location: on the side, in six or more lines
Inscription Text: "JAU(?)[/]x[/]CN[/]BT[/]TD[/ ]D[ "
Inscription Notes: As transcribed in Nash-Williams
Inscription Source: Nash-Williams (1950: 208)
REFERENCES
- Nash-Williams, Victor Erle, The Early Christian Monuments of Wales, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1950, p. 208 and pl. XLVIII