Lucca No. 1
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B: design element - architectural - arcade - round arches
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B01: Christ - Good Shepherd?
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B01: Apostle or saint - saints - 6
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B01: Old Testament - story of Abraham - Repudiation of Agar - Ishmael and Isaac
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B02: Old Testament - the story of Esther - Esther becomes queen (Esther 1 - 2:20)
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B03: Old Testament - Story of Moses - Exodus - holding staff that turns into serpent
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B04: Old Testament - Exodus (part III): conclusion of the Sinaitic law and its renewal - God speaks to Moses
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B05: Old Testament - Story of Moses - Exodus - crossing of the Red Sea - Pharaoh crossing the Red Sea
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B06: Old Testament - Story of Moses - Moses receives the tables of the law from God
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B07: Old Testament - Story of Moses - Exodus - presentation of the Deuteronomy to the Levites - with Aaron
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00140LUC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2007-06-24
Font Date: 1151 (Schiller); 1160 (Zarnecki)
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Robertus [Schiller et al.] / Guglielmo? [Zarnecki]
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa di San Frediano
Font Location in Church: Inisde the church, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Fredianus [aka Frediano, Fridianus]
Church Notes: original church said to have been late-6thC; documented 685; present church 12thC; modified 13th-14thC
Church Address: Piazza S. Frediano, 55100 Lucca LU, Italy -- Tel.: +39 349 844 0290
Site Location: Lucca, Toscana, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located up Via Calderia, N of Via Buia, in Piazza San Frediano, Lucca.
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"Excellent font completed in 1151 and signed by one Robertus". On the lower round basin "ten marble reliefs representing scenes from the times of Moses." (Schiller, 1971). In the Index of Christian Art (ref. 04820). Nordström (1984) discusses the font. Described and illustrated in Ridolfi (2002): the following are the scenes identified on the basin side: 1)Abraham repudiates Agar who departs with Ishmael on her shoulders as Isaac watches; 2)Esther enthroned by Assuerus (Xerxes I, king of Persia); 3)Moses holds the staff that becomes a serpent; 4)God speaks to Moses; 5)Crossing of the Red Sea: the Pharaoh and his army; 6)Moses receives the tablets; 7)Moses delivers the Deuteronomy to the Levitesin the presence of Aaron; 8)a series of seven arches containin a figure in each; one is identified as the Good Shepherd, the others, two female and four male, are believed to represent the congregation of the faithful or, perhaps, saints. This same source ellaborates on the partial inscription and suggests that the "M[...]LI" before the word "ROBERTUS" stands for "MILLEGLI" a local form of representing the date "1151"; it also suggests the the "MAGIST-LA" stands for "MAGISTER LAPIDUM", and identifies the material of the font as Carrara marble.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Alejandro Alcaraz for his photographs of this font, and to Annamaria Ducci for her help in documenting this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 620952 4855881
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.846111, 10.504722
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 50′ 46″ N, 10° 30′ 17″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (Carrara)
Font Shape: raised tank, cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: Upper basin side
Inscription Text: "M[...]LI ROBERTUS MAGIST-LA-"
Inscription Notes: Possibly: "MILLEGLI : ROBERTUS : MAGISTER LAPIDUM" [=1151 : Robertus, stonemaster" according to Rodolfi (2002: 170) --'signed by one Robertus' according to Schiller (1971: 140)
Inscription Source: Schiller (1971: 140); Rodolfi (2002: 170)
REFERENCES
- "Dedalo", Dedalo, ?
- Biehl, Walter, Toskanische Plastik des frühen und hohen Mittelalters, Leipzig: Verlag von E.A. Seemann, 1926, Tafeln 129 a-b
- Calderoni Masetti, A.R., "Sul portico del San Martino a Lucca", Serie III, VIII/4, Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, 1978, pp. 1435-54; p. 1451-1452
- Convegno Internazionale del IX Centenario della I Crociata, Verso Gerusalemme: II Convegno Internazionale nel IX Centenario della I Crociata, 1099-1999 (Bari, 11-13 gennaio 1999), Galatina: M. Congedo, 1999, p. 80, 81 and plate 23
- Davies, J.G., The Architectural Setting of Baptism, London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962, ix, 64 and pl. 13
- Heydasch-Lehmann, Susanne, Der "Taufbrunnen" in San Frediano in Lucca und die Entwicklung der toskanischen Plastik in der 2. Hälfte des 12 Jahrhunderts, Frankfurt am Main, Bern, New York and Paris: P. Lang, 1991
- Index of Medieval Art, The Index of Medieval Art, Index of Christian Art, Princeton, [s.d.]. URL: https://theindex.princeton.edu/.
- Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984, p. 16, 73-74, 106-107
- Pudelko, Georg, Romanische Taufsteine, Berlin: Wurfel Verlag, 1932, pl. II2
- Ridolfi, Enrico, Basiliche medioevali della città di Lucca: la guida inedita di Enrico Ridolfi (1828-1909), Cinisello Balsamo MIlano): Silvana, 2002, p. 149, 168-170
- Schiller, Gertrud, Iconography of Christian Art, Greenwich, Conn.: New York Graphic Society, 1971, p. 140
- Silva, R., "Aspetti e problemi iconografici della scultura 'romanica' luchese", II, Actum Luce, 1973, pp. 81-101; p. 81-101
- Silva, R., "La Basilica di San Frediano in Lucca", Urbanistica Archittetura (Arredo, Lucca, Maria Paccini Pazzi), p. 53-63
- Zarnecki, George, Romanesque Art, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1971, p. 94 and ill. 118