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INFORMATION

FontID: 10837TIN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Materiana [may have been originally from St. Juliot's Island Chapel]
Church Patron Saints: St. Madrun [aka Materiana, Madryn, Marcelliana, Merteriana]
Country Name: England
Location: Cornwall, South West
Font Location in Church: [now kept in the Parish Church at Tintagel]
Century and Period: 11th century (late?) / 12th century (early?), Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Cognate Fonts: Germoe [No. 2?], Sithney and Treslothan, all in Cornwall
Thomas (1983) writes of "a small fine-granite font [...]. This was removed from the Island, reportedly from the ruins of the Chapel, earlier this [i.e., 20th] century; retained by a builder at nearby St Teath who had collection of such stones; and then presented to the parish church at Tintagel, where it is now kept [...] The font, only 33 cm (13 in) high and 56 cm (22 in) across, is probably the oldest item -- late eleventh century? [... or] very early twelfth century". The basin appears roughly -very roughly- cylindrical, with three graded irregular volumes. [cf. Index entries for Tintagel No. 1 & 2 for two other fonts listed for this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 56 cm*
Basin Total Height: 33 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * ["33 cm (13 in) high and 56 cm (22 in) across", in Thomas (1983)]

REFERENCES

Thomas, Charles, English Heritage book of Tintagel: Arthur and archaeology, London: B.T. Batsford / English Heritage, 1983