St. Davids No. 2 / Saint Davids / Tyddewi
Image copyright © Nash-Williams, 1950
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B01: inscription
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nash-Williams, 1950
Image Source: Nash-Williams (1950: pl. XLVIII)
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view of stoup
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
FontID: 09112DAV
Church/Chapel: Cathedral Church
Church Patron Saints: St. David [aka David of Wales, Davidus, Dewy]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Pembrokeshire
Directions to Site: Located in the westernmost tip of the Pembroke peninsula, 25 km WNW of Haverfordwest on the A487
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 10th - 11th century, Pre-Conquest
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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."
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 Notes: As transcribed in Nash-Williams
Inscription Location: on the side, in six or more lines
Inscription Text: "JAU(?)[/]x[/]CN[/]BT[/]TD[/ ]D[ "
Inscription Source: Nash-Williams (1950: 208)
REFERENCES
Nash-Williams, Victor Erle, The Early Christian Monuments of Wales, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1950