St. Dogwells / Saint Dogwells / Llantyddewi / Llantydewi / Llanlledewy
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BBL01: design element - patterns - scalloped
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 10270DOG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Dogfael
Church Patron Saints: St. Dogfael [aka Dogvael, Dogmael, Dogwells]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Pembrokeshire
Directions to Site: Located 14-15 km N of Haverfordwest (dir. Fishguard)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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A cushion-capital font in this church noted in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925). Described in Lloyd, etc. (2001): "Font. C12 scalloped square bowl chamfered below to a round shaft." Noted in Thurlby (2006) in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
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