Prendergast

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BBL01: design element - patterns - scalloped

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 10058PRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
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 near Haverfordwest
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Cognate Fonts: Rudbaxton, Haroldston West, Lambston, Prendergast, Johnston, Brawdy and Spittal, are similar and in the immediate vecinity.
Font Notes:
Noted in Lewis' Dictionary edition of 1849: "the font is an ancient square basin". A cushion-capital font in this church noted in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925). Noted in Tyrrell-Green (1928) on a list of mostly Welsh fonts consisting of a square basin decorated with scallop motif (includes one from Bristol St Philip's and another from Thornbury, Gloucs., both bordering with Wales). Described in Lloyd et al. (2001): "Font. Norman square scalloped bowl, painted". 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.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

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
Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928