Clydey No. 1 / Clydai

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10007CLY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Clydai
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29490314
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Clydai [aka Clydaï, Clydau]
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10 km SW of Newcastle Emlyn
Font Notes:
Noted in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925): "The font basin is set upon a modern base; it measures 22 inches by 20 inches, with a depth of 18 inches. It bears an ornament of similar design to that on one of the memorial stones at St. Dogmael's abbey". This same source reports a holy-water stoup inside the church. Described in Lloyd et al. (2004): "Notable C12 Font, cushion type with ornament in raised lines around the edges of the half-round faces" and mentions the Ceredigion [i.e., Cardiganshire] baptismal fonts as close in design. [cf. Index entry for Clydey No. 2 for a medieval holy-water stoup in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: rectangular, cushion-capital type, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Height of Basin Side: 45 cm*
Basin Total Height: 45 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 55 x 50 cm*
Notes on Measurements: [www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/cisp/database/site/clydi.htm]

REFERENCES

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire, An inventory of the ancient and historical monuments of the County of Pembroke, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1925, no. 188
  • Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 40, 170