Martletwy / Marteltwy

Results: 2 records

BBL01: design element - motifs - scallop

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

LB01: design element - motifs - foliage

INFORMATION

FontID: 10245MAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Marcellus
Church Patron Saints: St. Marcelus
Country Name: Wales
Location: Pembrokeshire
Directions to Site: Located 10 km SE of Haverfordwest
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
A square font in this church noted in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925). Described in Lloyd, etc. (2001): "Norman font, square bowl with panelled sides. The huge Norman base with waterleaf corner volutes was rediscovered in 1897." 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

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