Lanlivery No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10827LAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Cognate Fonts: Fowey
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Bryvyth
Font Location in Church: [in the vestry]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bryvyth [aka Brevita]
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A390, just NE of Luxulyan, 10 km S of Bodmin
Additional Comments: damaged font: only fragments survived
Font Notes:
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Pevsner (1970) notes "Fragments of a Norman font in the vestry, Catacleuse stone, of Fowey type" [cf. Index entry for Lanlivery No. 2 for a font of the Perpendicular period in use in this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, Cornich Catacleuse stone
Number of Pieces: fragment
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970, p. 92