Llanddew No. 2

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INFORMATION

FontID: 12411LLA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. David
Church Patron Saints: St. David [aka David of Wales, Davidus, Dewy]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Powys
Directions to Site: Located off the B4602, just N of Brecon
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: , Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Reginald F. Vincent & Mark E. Vincent, of www.freewebs.com/llanddew/churchofstdavid.htm#glynne, for the information on, and photographs of the Llanddew St David's baptismal objects.
Rev. H. Longueville Jones (1859) reported on an object he came across in a shoemaker's cottage in Llanddew, "closed to the ruined gateway of the old palace of the bishop of St. David's, at Llanddew near Brecon. Here it is degraded to the use of a receptacle for nails and other rubbish of a cobbler's shop; and it is commonly considered in the neighbourhood as a Roman mortar. It is of very nearly the same dimensions as the stoup at Llangefni [i.e., in Anglesey, WNW of Bangor] (10 ins, square and 6 ins, deep; while the basin is 7 ins, in diameter, and 4 ins, deep); and, as far as my recollection extends, is of a calcareous stone. There are no ribs nor channels on the surface, and the only subject of ornamentation consists in the two handles. It is much to be desired that this object should be rescued from its present position, and put within the church, or in some place of security, otherwise it may be destroyed at any moment" [source: transcribed in R.F. Vincent & M.E. Vincent [www.freewebs.com/llanddew/churchofstdavid.htm#glynne] [accessed 17 December 2006]]. [NB:although Rev. Jones' recommendation is to be lauded, one should recall Francis Bond's (1908) warning about mistaking medieval [and Roman?] mortars and grain-measures for holy-water stoups]. [We are grateful to Reginald F. Vincent & Mark E. Vincent, of www.freewebs.com/llanddew/churchofstdavid.htm#glynne, for the information on, and photographs of the Llanddew St David's baptismal objects]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (with two handles)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round (with two handles)

REFERENCES

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
Jones, H. Longueville [Revd.], "On some water-stoups found in Wales and Cornwall", XIV, Archaeologia Cambrensis, [1859?], pp. [N/A]; r["References"]