Duffus

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14841DUF
Object Type: Stoup?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Museum: Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Church / Chapel Name: Old Church of St. Peter?
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2371408
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter?
Site Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B9012, 9 km NNW of Elgin
Historical Region: formerly Elginshire
Additional Comments: disused font / purchased font {no record of price]
Font Notes:
The Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1883-1884) record the purchase of "an ancient font of sandstone, 12 inches in diameter and 7 inches in height, the cavity 8 inches diameter and 3 inches in depth". The purchase appears to be part of a larger collection of objects from Duffus, Elginshire [today, Moray], Scotland. The medieval (13th century?] Church of St. Peter, at Duffus, was in ruins and abandoned when a new church was built in the 1860s. This font may have been from the old church, but it is not confirmed [NB: the measurements given in the sourcellow are not representative of a 13th-century font; was it a stoup?]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (inside rim): 20 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 30 cm*
Basin Depth: 7.5 cm*
Basin Total Height: 17.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [measuremnets given in inches in the PSAS -- cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • "Donations to the Museum [Kent Archaeological Society]", 18, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1883-1884, pp. 363-364; p. 364