Betws-y-Coed

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B01: design element - motifs - semicircle

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B02: design element - motifs - zigzag

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B03: design element - motifs - leaf - crossed leaves

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BU01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind

Scene Description: may be a re-cut [cf. Font notes][cf. Font notes]
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view of font in context

Scene Description: the modern font
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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the old font [cf. Font notes]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10213BET
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [basin only] [re-cut?], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael [old church]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Aberconwy & Colwyn, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located at the A470-A5 junction, 24 km S of Conwy
Historical Region: formerly Caernaervonshire
Additional Comments: altered font? / composite font / re-cut font?
Font Notes:
Noted as a baptismal font of the 13th century in the Civic Trust Wales web site [www.civictrustwales.org] [accessed 14 November 2008]. The font in the old church of St. Michael consists of the original quadrangular basin raised on a new stem and lower base; the sides of the basin are decorated with a semi-circle incised with parallel lines, with zigzag motif between the lines, and with pairs of crossing leaves within the semi-circle; the underbowl chamfer has a blind arcade of round arch heads [NB: the underbowl is suspect; it has probably been re-cut]. Good woooden cover in the shape of a low square pyramid with raised arrises and a Latin cross finial [NB: the new church (St. Mary's has its own font, a modern one made of local reddish (basin & lower base) and green (support columns) serpentine stone]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]