Brawdy / Breudeth
Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1925
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BBL01: design element - patterns - scalloped
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1925
Image Source: 1922 drawing in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925)
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1925
Image Source: 1922 drawing in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925)
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: in the nave; looking east-southeast
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1925
Image Source: 1922 drawing in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925)
Copyright Instructions: PD
INFORMATION
FontID: 10039BRA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. David
Church Patron Saints: St. David [aka David of Wales, Davidus, Dewy]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Pembrokeshire
Directions to Site: Located 12 km E of St Davids [Coordinates: 51° 52′ 25″ N, 5° 6′ 47″ W 51.873611, -5.113056 UTM 30U 354537 5749091]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Norman
Cognate Fonts: Rudbaxton, Haroldston West, Lambston, Prendergast, Johnston, Brawdy, Camrose and Spittal, as similar and in the immediate vecinity.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted and illustrated in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925): "The font is of Norman type, slightly earlier in date than the building of the 13th-century church; it is square, 21 inches by I I inches deep externally, the basin being 17 inches by 9 inches deep, the lower edge nicely scalloped; it stands on a circular pillar, 11 inches in height. The base is modern. The total height is 2 feet 9 inches." Listed in Lloyd et al. (2001): "Font. C12 to C13, scalloped square bowl." The Carmarthenshire Family History Society web site [http://CarmarthenshireFHS.co.uk] mentions the fonts at Rudbaxton, Haroldston West, Lambston, Prendergast, Johnston, Brawdy, Camrose and Spittal, as similar and in the immediate vecinity. Noted in Thurlby (2006) in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Font Height (less Plinth): 82.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in ft./ in. in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925)] [cf. FontNotes of the rest of the measurements in this source]
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
Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004
Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006