Llangefni / Llangevni

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R01: design element - motifs - sawtooth or zigzag?

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thurlby, 2006
Image Source: B&W photograph in Thurlby (2006)
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12462LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Late Norman? / Transitional?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Cyngar, Llangefni
Font Location in Church: In the west porch [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cyngar of Llangefni [aka Congar]
Church Address: Nant y Pandy / The Dingle, Llangefni LL77 7EA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1248 521230
Site Location: Anglesey, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located at the confluence of roads A5114-B5109-B5110-B5420, 14 km WNW of Bangor
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Anglesey
Additional Comments: disused font / abandoned font? / damaged font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
The Anglesey Heritage web site [www.angleseyheritage.org.uk] reports a 12th-century font in the porch of St Cyngar's. Illustrated in Thurlby (2006), who suggests the chalice shape of this basin "is probably indicative of an advanced date in the twelfth century." [NB: the basin is in poor shape, its surface much eroded by exposure to the elements, but still permits to discern a zigzag or sawtooth motif all around the upper rim moulding -- legend has that a church on this site was founded by St. Cyngar himself in the 6th century. The RCAHMW (1937) reported no pre-17th-century items inside the church, and there is no font mentioned in the National Gazetteer of 1868 or in Lewis' Dictionary of 1833 -- would this basin be from an earlier [Norman?] building, or from a nearby church?]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
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, p. 231 and fig. 331