Llandygwydd / Llandoge / Llandogwy / Llantygwydd
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Scene Description: the Perpendicular font ca. 1920, before the later changes made to it
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Tyrrell-Green (1920)
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design element - motifs - floral and foliage
Scene Description: large ones on the panels of the basin -- the Perpendicular font ca. 1920, before the later changes made to it
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Tyrrell-Green (1920)
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design element - motifs - floral - rosette - 16
Scene Description: little ones on the sides of the underbowl -- the Perpendicular font ca. 1920, before the later changes made to it
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Tyrrell-Green (1920)
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view of church interior
Scene Description: Foundations of the church of Saint Tygwydd
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger H. Haworth, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2007 by Roger H. Haworth [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Foundations_of_the_church_of_Saint_Tygwydd.jpg] [accessed 18 May 2010]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tim Palmer, 2021
Image Source: digital image of Tim Palmer's 2021 article in Archaeologia Canbrensis
Copyright Instructions: Image received via Rita Wood (e-mail of 12 December 2021)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tim Palmer, 2021
Image Source: digital image of Tim Palmer's 2021 article in Archaeologia Canbrensis
Copyright Instructions: Image received via Rita Wood (e-mail of 12 December 2021)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tim Palmer, 2021
Image Source: digital image of Tim Palmer's 2021 article in Archaeologia Canbrensis
Copyright Instructions: Image received via Rita Wood (e-mail of 12 December 2021)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tim Palmer, 2021
Image Source: digital image of Tim Palmer's 2021 article in Archaeologia Canbrensis
Copyright Instructions: Image received via Rita Wood (e-mail of 12 December 2021)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tim Palmer, 2021
Image Source: digital image of Tim Palmer's 2021 article in Archaeologia Canbrensis
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design element - motifs - floral - 16
Scene Description: four on each side of the square lower base -- the Perpendicular font ca. 1920, before the later changes made to it
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Tyrrell-Green (1920)
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Scene Description: the Victorianised font left in the open
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Boffin PC, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 November 2007 by Boffin PC in Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/photos/7663959@N02/2824708879/] [accessed 18 May 2010]
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design element - motifs - floral and/or foliage
Scene Description: on the Victorianised font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Boffin PC, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 November 2007 by Boffin PC in Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/photos/7663959@N02/2824708879/] [accessed 18 May 2010]
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design element - motifs - floral - rosette
Scene Description: on the sides of the lower volume of the base of the Victorianised font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Boffin PC, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 November 2007 by Boffin PC in Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/photos/7663959@N02/2824708879/] [accessed 18 May 2010]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 16545LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [altered], Perpendicular [altered?]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Dygwydd [aka St Tygwy's] [only the foundations and the font have survived]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Dygwydd [aka Tygwy / Tygwydd]
Church Address: Parcgweydd Hill, Llandygwydd, Cardigan SA43 2QT, UK
Site Location: Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A484, 10 km ESE of Cardigan, 11 km NW of Newcastle-Emlyn
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Davids
Historical Region: formerly Cardiganshire
Additional Comments: altered font [cf. FontNotes] & ImagesArea] / disused font / left out in the open in the church grounds
Font Notes:
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Meyrick (1808) mentions the church here but gives no details of it. The 'Building news and architectural review' (vol. 9, 1862: 90) reports a 15th-century font from the old dilapidated church, moved into the renovated building. The entry for this church in Evans (1914) mentions no font in it. The font, before its later alterations, is described and illustrated in Tyrrell-Green (1920): "This font and the one at Cardigan are the only extant specimens of fifteenth century fonts in the county, that can be deifinitely assigned to that date. Both are fine examples of their type and are richly ornamented. The adornement of the large and beautifully proportioned font at Llandygwydd takes the forms of quatrefoils so characteristic of Perpendicular work [...] it is well set off, altered font too, by the (modern) base on which it now stands." The entry for this church in COFLEIN [www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/105194/details/st-tygwydds-church-llandygwydd] [accessed 11 January 2020] updates information obsolete in other sources: "The church was actually demolished in 2000 and only the outline remains." However, a photograph of a polygonal baptismal font by Boffin PC in Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/photos/7663959@N02/2824708879/] [accessed 18 May 2010] is labeled: "Font and footprint are all that remain of St Tygwydd's Church across the road. The stone of this 15th century font is sadly crumbling away fast now that it's exposed to the elements." [NB: only the foundations and the baptismal font, exposed to the elements, now [September 2007] remain]. The checkered life of this font is described and illustrated in Palmer (2021).
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Rita Wood, and to Dr.Tim Palmer, of the Institute of Geography & Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, for their help in documenting this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 392709 5769391
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.06471, -4.565166
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 3′ 52.96″ N, 4° 33′ 54.6″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Palmer, Tim, "The stone font at Llandygwydd: a brief biography", 170 (2021), Archaeologia Cambrensis, 2021, pp. 231-235; p. 231-235
- Rees, Gwynfor, "The new and very satisfactory church at Llandygwydd'; the transient glory of a flawed edifice, 1857-1980", 14, no. 3 (2004), Ceredigion, 2004, pp. 19-53; p, 19-53
- Tyrrell-Green, E., "Cardiganshire fonts", 2, no.1 (1915), Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society, Transactions and Archaeological Redord, 1915, pp. 18; p. 18
- Tyrrell-Green, E., "Types of baptismal fonts as illustrated in Welsh examples", Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, Session 1918-1919 (1920), 106-108, 1920, pp. 30-127; p. 107 and fig. 40