SOME DERBYSHIRE FONTS. 



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Place. County. 



Youlgreave ... Derby 



Date. 



Use of Projection. References. 



( Stoup, or to hold 

 Late Norman < movable basin 



Pitsford 



Northants. Decorated 



( for affusion. ... As above. 



Book rest, or 

 holder for same. Paley. 



Odiham ... Hants. ... Norman 

 Pengwern ... Denbigh ... (doubtful) 



[Support for 

 \ hinge to a heavy 



(See below). 



... Builder, July, '03. 



.Arch, /hi., Vol. 

 13, p. 292. 



The last-mentioned example perhaps merits a short descrip- 

 tion. It was discovered in a bog near Dinas Mawddwy, 

 Merionethshire.* It is made of oak, and is of a rude form. 

 In it are two hollows, the larger measuring 1 1 ins. wide by 

 3A ins. deep, while the smaller is but 3 ins. wide and only 1 in. 

 in depth. It is but a small specimen altogether. On each 

 side of the smaller hollow is a piece of simple foliage, while 

 at the opposite side of the larger hollow to that on which the 

 small one is situated, is the word ATHRYWYN. The writer in 

 the Archaological Journal continues : " The large cavity con- 

 tained the water, the lesser may have held the salt, which to 

 this day is used in the Roman Catholic Church in the ceremony 

 of baptism. The priest blesses the salt, in case it has not been 

 blessed before, then takes a little, and putting it into the child's 

 mouth, says, ' Receive the salt of wisdom.' " The writer refers 

 to the Youlgreave example, and gives the three theories which I 

 have quoted from Dr. Cox's work, without committing himself 

 to any. It must not for one moment be supposed that the 

 stoup at Youlgreave was ever used as a receptacle for salt, as 

 its size alone should be a sufficient answer to any such sug- 

 gestion. 



The following are detailed measurements of the font and its 

 ornaments : — 



* It is now, I believe, at Lord Mostyn's seat, Pengwern Hall. 



