Rhoscrowther No. 1 / Rhôscrowther / Rhôsycrythor

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BBL01: design element - patterns - scalloped

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 10263RHO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Decuman [disused]
Church Patron Saints: St. Decumanus [aka Decuman, Degyman]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Pembrokeshire
Directions to Site: Located 8 km W of Pembroke, near Milford Haven
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Norman / Transitional?
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Described in Lloyd (2001) as a "small whitewashed, scalloped square font" of the 12th or 13th century. Noted in Thurlby (2006) in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire". [cf. Index entry for Rhoscrowther No. 2 for a larger font, originally from nearby Pwllcrochan, now in the porch of this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

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