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Here we have a depiction of the Baptism of Clovis in 496 as depicted in the Les Grandes Chronique de France c. 1480. The Baptism of Clovis represented one of the important moments in the development of Western civilization in that he was the first fot he Frankish kings to have been baptized into orthodox Catholicism rather than into Arianism.
Rogier van der Weyden’s Altarpiece of the Seven Sacraments dating from 1445 in which the Sacramnet of Baptism is shown being administered in the left hand panel.
Van der Weyden places the font in the first chapel on the North side ofthe nave.
I wonder does the Chief Fire Officer in Wexford realize that he has a potential prairie fire on hands with all that pampas grass and if he does what does he intend doing about it?
@ake wrote:
wow! absolutely beautiful! where did you find the picture? do you know what year it is?
Shame on Joe Duffy, eternal shame on him for the wreckage done to ST Mcacartsn’s
@ake wrote:
great site
This is a wonderful site and very useful. Perhaps the wreckers of St. Joseph’s Church Liscarroll will notice this site and perhaps they may learn something from it.
finally,a photograph of monaghan abefore the deluge.
note the pulpit, would one be right in suggesting prototypes in Pisa
@Praxiteles wrote:
The Stations of the Cross above look as though they were supplied by Mayer’s of Munich and would have cost approximately 10 guineas each (including the painted plaques under them).
And indeed it turns out that they are!
The original Georgian House, seen in the first photograph, was built in the 1780s and flanked by an amazing array of “Gothica” by Sir Richard Morrison whose onstruction continued well in the 1830s.
Notice the even more idiotic Amrican flag-flying-bit! Not very consistent with St. Paul and his Jews and Gentiles, slaves and free men etc…..
And those pampas grass…well they remind me Buenos Aires!!
Is there a baptismal font here?
Here is some historical information form the parish website:
http://www.wexfordparish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34&Itemid=46
Re: Baptismal Font in St. Aidan’s Cathedral, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
I wonder has the font always been here and has the plinth always been pitched at this hight? The use of the blue encaustic tile in the inner octagon of the floor seems to suggest a a later infill, for a now disappeared lower step to the plinth?
At least, it has a cover!
The Stations of the Cross above look as though they were supplied by Mayer’s of Munich and would have cost approximately 10 guineas each (including the painted plaques under them).
