San Gimignano nr. Siena

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New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - detail of angel holding cloth

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New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - detail of angel holding cloth

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New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan - John the Baptist - Manus Dei - angels in attendance

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design element - architectural - arch - trefoiled

Scene Description: background to the angel holding garment

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design element - architectural - arch - trefoiled

Scene Description: background to the angel holding garment

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design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: in both spandrels of the arch

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design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: in both spandrels of the arch

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inscription - partial

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inscription - partial

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Image Source: digital photograph 17 September 2023 by Sarah MacLean

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inscription - partial

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sarah MacLean, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph 17 September 2023 by Sarah MacLean

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inscription - partial

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view of church exterior - tower

Scene Description: Source caption: "Campanile della Collegiata di San Gimignano vista dalla Torre Grossa"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Luca Aless, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph 14 March 2015 by Luca Aless [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Gimignano_-_Campanile_della_Collegiata.JPG] [accessed 19 September 2023]

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view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "San Gimignano - Collegiata"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Geobia, 2012

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph May 2012 by Geobia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:3181SanGimignanoCollegiata.JPG] [accessed 19 September 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta (San Gimignano), interno"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mongolo1984, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2017 by Mongolo1984 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Collegiata_di_Santa_Maria_Assunta_(San_Gimignano),_interno_(1).jpg] [accessed 19 September 2023]

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta (San Gimignano), interno"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mongolo1984, 2017

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "Giovanni di Cecco, Battesimo di Cristo, (1379), San Gimignano, Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta, Loggia del Battistero, fonte battesimale"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nicola Quirico, 2023

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: detail of angel holding cloth on the left side; Christ and John on the right

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Image Source: digital photograph 17 September 2023 by Sarah MacLean

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00127GIM
Church/Chapel: Chiesa Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta di San Gimignano [former cathedral] / aka Duomo di San Gimignano]
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Piazza del Duomo / Piazza delle Erbe, 53037 San Gimignano SI, Italy
Country Name: Italy
Location: Siena, Toscana
Directions to Site: Located off the SP1, 6 km S of Certaldo, 32 km NW of Siena
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, in the Loggia del Battistero
Date: 1379
Century and Period: 14th century (late), Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Giovanni di Cecco
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Satah MacLean for her photographs of this font
Church Notes: first church on the site was begun in the 10thC;
The entry for this church in New Liturgical Movement [https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2020/10/the-collegiate-church-of-san-gimignano.html] [accessed 18 September 2023] notes and illustrates the baptismal font: "The baptismal font is located outside of the church within the cloister on the building’s left side". The batismal font is made of white marble and polygonal; it bears inscriptions with the date 1379 in Roman numerals, and the name of the artisan, Giovanni di Cecco ["Giovanni di Checchi" on the inscription]; only three sides are visible, as the back is against the wall; the three sides make up the Baptism of Christ in the Jordan: Christ, John the Baptist, a Manus Dei and a little quadruped in a tiny cave in the bottom-left corner of the panel; the contiguous panels right and left have each an angel holding clothes in a decorated Gothic background. The plain and flat wooden cover fits the contour of the upper rim of the basin; modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.467889, 11.042722
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 28′ 4.4″ N, 11° 2′ 33.8″ E
UTM: 32T 665232 4814802

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (white)
Font Shape: polygonal (unmounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Location: 1) basin side, above the scenes 2) basin side, below the scenes
Inscription Text: 1) "UNIVERSITAS : AR / [...]TIS -[...]ANE - ANNO - DOMINI : MILE - CC / [...]" 2) "GIOVANNI CIECChI [...]"

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]