Llanffinan / Llanfinan / Llanffinnan / Llanfinnan
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B01: design element - patterns - interlace
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thurlby, 2006
Image Source: B&W photograph in Thurlby (2006)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 12461LLA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Finnan
Church Patron Saints: St. Finnan
Country Name: Wales
Location: Anglesey, Gwynedd
Directions to Site: Located 3 km E of Llangefni, 11 km W of Bangor
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century [re-cut], Norman [altered]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Thurlby (2006) nottes: "The pronounced taper on the bowl is most closely allied to Pistyll where the ring-chain motif seems to be the inspiration for the simplified version at Llanfinnan [...] The meandering ribbon interlace lacks the sense of order [...] and it seems fair to attribute the Llanfinnan font to a lesser hand." [NB: the lower sides of the round basin have been savagely cut with four chamfers to make the underbowl fit onto the modern square pedestal base -- this probably occurred at the time of the construction of the new church (described in Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of 1870-1872 as being "in very poor imitation of Norman")]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006