St. Maughans / Saint Maughans

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BBL01: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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view of font and cover

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 June 2008 by LOTTIE2008; in flickr [http://flickr.com/photos/22880625@N02/2554804716/in/pool-fonts] [accessed 14 November 2008]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 12397MON
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Maughan
Church Patron Saints: St. Maughan
Country Name: Wales
Location: Monmouthshire
Directions to Site: Located 8 km NNW of Monmouth
Historical Region: formerly Gwent / Monmouthshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Norman? / Transitional?
Cognate Fonts: Llanwenarth, Mitchell Troy and Pen-y-Clawdd
Noted in Thurlby (2006) as one of a group of tub-shaped fonts in the area: Llanwenarth, Mitchell Troy, Pen-y-Clawdd and St Maughans: "the latter has a narrow ring at the waist and is roughly finished but traces of limewash on the bowl almost certainly reflect the original finish and possibly that the font was painted".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat, with a knob handle; appears modern

REFERENCES

Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006