Amroth / Amroath / Ambroth / Amtrud

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10035AMR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Elidyr
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29496321
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Elidyr
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on a minor road off the A477, 11 km E of Tenby, 11-12 km SE of Narberth, on the W shore of Carmarthen Bay [Coordinates: 51° 43′ 48″ N, 4° 39′ 36″ W 51.73, -4.66]
Font Notes:
Noted in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925): "The font bowl, of the usual Norman type, 22 1/2 inches square, and with slightly sloping sides, is decorated on each face with an unusual motive in relief which may be intended to represent a vine leaf and branch, repeated in reverse." Described in Lloyd et al. (2001): "Font. A good Norman piece, each side of the square bowl with a boldly carved wine branch." Davies (2001) cites the grant of this church to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem ca. 1150 under the name of 'Amtrud' from Anselm's Confirmation Charter [source: Graham J. Davies -- http://members.lycos.co.uk/Graham_Davies/Nar100/Amroth.html]. Noted in Thurlby (2006) in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Trapezoidal Basin: 56.25 x 56.25 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925: 7)]

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, p. 7
  • Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 121
  • Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 188