Llaniestyn / Llan Jestyn / Llaniestin
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B1R01: design element - patterns - chequered
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B1R02: design element - motifs - sawtooth
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thurlby, 2006
Image Source: B&W photograph in Thurlby (2006)
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B1R03: design element - motifs - interlace - cross-shaped
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B1R04: symbol - cross - Greek - Maltese
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B1R05: design element - patterns - spiral fluting or piping
Scene Description: east side
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Image Source: B&W photograph in Thurlby (2006)
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B2R01: design element - motifs - chevron - nested chevrons
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B3R01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches
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view of font and cover
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view of font
![the font as it was ca. 1844, resting directly of a two-step plinth; it would be later mounted on the base on which it appears now [2010]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1100416004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the font as it was ca. 1844, resting directly of a two-step plinth; it would be later mounted on the base on which it appears now [2010]
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Image Source: engraving in Jones (1844)
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view of church exterior - southwest end
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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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view of basin
Scene Description: north-wrthwest side
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Image Source: B&W photograph in Thurlby (2006)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09117LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman?
Cognate Fonts: Thematic similarity in its ornamentation with the fonts at Heneglwys and Llanbeulan
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Iestyn, Llaniestyn
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Iestyn [aka Iestin, Jestyn, Jestin, Justinian, Yestinus -- 6th century Breton noble -- hermit and martyr of Ramsey Island, Pembks (Farmer (1987)]
Church Address: Llaniestyn, Pwllheli LL53 8PS, United Kingdom
Site Location: Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the western end of the Lleyn Peninsula, 10-12 km SW of Pwllheli, 30-35 km WSW of Pothmadog
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bangor
Historical Region: formerly Anglesey
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in H.L. Jones, The Archaeological Journal (June 1844: 122-126). In Jones time, ca. 1844, the font rested directly on a two-step plinth; the base on which the font now [2010] stands must have been added later in the 19th century. Described in Lewis' Dictionary edition of 1848: a remarkably curious font probably of the twelfth century". Ditto in the National Gazetteer (1868). Romilly Allen (1884) writes: "The cross symbol does not occur frequently on fonts of the Norman period. Early examples are to be found at Llanfair y Cymwd, and at Llan Jestyn, in Anglesey [fn], also at Kea, in Cornwall" [footnote: "Archaeological Journal, vol. i, p. 126"]. Noted later in Romilly Allen (1888) as one of several "examples of fonts with ornmament of early character". Described by Peter Lord, in Diwylliant... (1998-2003) as a baptismal font that "carries a very similar vocabulary of images" as those at Heneglwys and Llanbeulan, "including a chequerboard design" found on the side of the latter. Described and illustrated in Thurlby (2006) who notes details of relation or similarity with the font at Llanbeulan and Tregaian. The shape of the basin is oblong, with rounded angles both in and out, and tapering sides.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 425052 5905612
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.294409, -4.124471
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 17′ 39.87″ N, 4° 7′ 28.1″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: oblong, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: oblong
Basin Exterior Shape: oblong
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: oblong and flat, with a wooden handle; appears modern
REFERENCES
- The Visual Culture of Wales = Diwylliant gweledol Cymru, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1998-2003, vol. 3: p. 50 fn97
- Allen, J. Romilly, "Notes on Early Christian Symbolism", N.S., VI, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1884, pp. 380-464; p. 395
- Jones, H. Longueville [Revd.], "Remarks on some of the churches of Anglesey", 1 (June 1844), The Archaeological Journal, 1844, pp. [118]-130; p. 122, 124-125
- Lowthian [of Kellington], John, "On ablution, baptism, fonts, &c.", 95-ii, December 1825, The Gentleman's Magazine: or, Trader's monthly intelligencer, 1825, pp. 511-512; [www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/AGY/Llaniestyn/Index.html] [accessed 26 December 2006]