Nobber
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09253NOB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. John the Baptist (C. of I.), Nobber [disused]
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1968 in the disused Protestant church of St. John the Baptist
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the Hospital?
Church Address: Saint John the Baptist Church, Main Street, Nobber, Co. Meath, Ireland -- Tel.: +353 46 905 2197
Site Location: Meath / An Mhí, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the R162, about 12 km SSE of Kingscourt
Additional Comments: recycled font? probably a medieval mortar later used as baptismal font
Font Notes:
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Described in Roe (1968: 125): "Until recently in use in this church as a baptismal font was a large stone basin or mortar, said to have been brought in by a former rector from the medieval Hospital ruins [i.e., the nearby ruins of the Hospital of St. John the Baptist]. It is a bowl shaped vessel with two unperforated wing handles at right angles to the bowl", and may have been mounted on a base originally, although there is no knowledge of it. [NB: Roe does not mention whether or not there is a drain hole in the basin but, since she suggests that this may be a medieval mortar, there probably is no drain in it]
COORDINATES
UTM: 29U 648163 5965991
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.821314, -6.749135
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 49′ 16.73″ N, 6° 44′ 56.89″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 4 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 33.7 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 42 cm (25.7 cm at bottom)
Basin Depth: 17.8 cm
Basin Total Height: 25.5 cm
Notes on Measurements: Roe (1968: 125) [NB: Roe gives also the measurements for the handles: "16.5 cm. high, projecting 5 cm."]
REFERENCES
- Roe, Helen M., Medieval Fonts of Meath, Longford, Ireland: Meath Archaeological and Historical Society, 1968, p. 125