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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Charles Thomas, 1983
Image Source: Thomas (1983)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10837TIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century (late?) / 12th century (early?), Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Cognate Fonts: Germoe [No. 2?], Sithney and Treslothan, all in Cornwall
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Materiana [may have been originally from St. Juliot's Island Chapel]
Font Location in Church: [now kept in the Parish Church at Tintagel]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Madrun [aka Materiana, Madryn, Marcelliana, Merteriana]
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Additional Comments: recycled font: found in the ruins of an old chapel --> kept by a builder in nearby St Teath --> presented to the church
Font Notes:
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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, p. 112-113 and fig. 80 w/caption