Kilmalkedar / Cill Mhaoilchéadair / Kilmakeader
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 8)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
INFORMATION
FontID: 09260KIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Brendan?
Church Patron Saints: St. Brendan [aka Brendan of Clonfert, Brandon the Navigator, Brendan the Abbot, Brendan the Anchorite, Brendan the Bold]
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Kerry
Directions to Site: Located in the Dingle Peninsula, 5 km N of Dingle on the R556
Font Location in Church: In the abandoned church
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bullaun font?
Cognate Fonts: Pike (1989: 8) gives also Ballyneaning (Co. Kerry) and Fore Co. Westmeath) as other examples of "bullaun" fonts
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Trinity College, Dublin, for the copy of Ms. Pike's work, and to Ms. Joan Pike for her kind permission to reproduce her original drawings.
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 8) as "a perfectly formed bowl, fairly fashioned inside and outside". The vessel is illustrated as a spherical basin with what appear to be as widely-spaced vertical ribs. [We are grateful to Trinity College, Dublin, for the copy of Ms. Pike's work, and to Ms. Joan Pike for her kind permission to reproduce her original drawings]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: spherical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Pike, Joan H.K., "Medieval Fonts of Ireland", [Supplied courtesy of The Dept. of the History of Art, Trinity College, Dublin], [Ireland]: [Privately printed], 1989