Marcross
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BBL01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Orrin, 1988
Image Source: colour photograph in Orrin (1988)
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R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Orrin, 1988
Image Source: colour photograph in Orrin (1988)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Orrin, 1988
Image Source: colour photograph in Orrin (1988)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10074MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, centre of the nave, near the S door [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Church,_Marcross
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Site Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B4265, near Llantwit Major
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Orrin 1988): "The large Norman font of Sutton stone with its circular bowl has roll-moulding on its rim and a fillet surrounds the bowl near the base. It is lined with lead. It is positioned in the centre of the nave near the south door, a position suggested by Miss Olive Talbot in the restoration of the church in 1893 for, in her words, 'doctrinal and symbolical grounds'." Described and illustrated in Thurlby (2006) as a "tub-shaped font with a raised roll rim and neck" probably from the second quarter of the 12th century.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lead lining
REFERENCES
- Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988, p. 87, 90, 266 and pl. opp. p. 235
- Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 177 and pl.