Llanddewi Skirrid / Llanddewi Sgyryd / Llanthewi Skirrid
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R01: design element - motifs - zigzag
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thurlby, 2006
Image Source: B&W photograph in Thurlby (2006)
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view of font - upper view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thurlby, 2006
Image Source: B&W photograph in Thurlby (2006)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12391LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Norman / Transitional?
Cognate Fonts: the zigzag on the rim similar to the one on the upper rim of the font at Llantilio Crossenny, in the same area
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. David, Llanddewi Skirrid
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_David%27s_Church,_Llanddewi_Skirrid
Church Patron Saint(s): St. David [aka David of Wales, Davidus, Dewy]
Church Address: Llanddewi Skirrid, Abergavenny NP7 8AW, United Kingdom
Site Location: Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B4521, 5 km NE of Abergavenny
Font Notes:
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The Parish web site [www.llanddewiskirrid.co.uk] notes: "The old font, of some antiquity, stands at the back of the church by its Victorian counterpart." Described and illustrated in Thurlby (2006) [NB: the photographs of the fonts at Llanvapley and Llandewi Skirrid [figs. 246 & 247] appear to have been switched by mistake]. The font at Llanddewi Skirrid consists of a bucket-shaped basin plain but for a zigzag (chevron?) pattern incised around the upper surface of the upper rim. Thurlby (ibid.) notes the presence on the basin surfaces of "considerable amounts of limewash and even distinct traces of paint: yellow ochre on the lip, and red ochre patterning on a white ground below". The squat base is octagonal.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: not lined
REFERENCES
- Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 173 and fig. 246 [labelled "Llanvapley"]