Calci / Pieve di Calci
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view of font - front side
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 June 2007 by BSI
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view of basin - interior - drain
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view of basin - right side
![to the right of tha angle it shows the initial stage of carving of this unfinished side [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1070709013_compressed.png)
Scene Description: to the right of tha angle it shows the initial stage of carving of this unfinished side [cf. FontNotes]
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view of basin - upper view - detail
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view of basin - interior - detail
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view of basin - interior - detail
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angel - 5
Scene Description: five angels, in different positions, in the spandrels of the arcade
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angel - holding object - standing on a ram?
Scene Description: in the rightmost arch of the arcade
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Apostle or saint - St. John the Baptist - standing on a wild boar?
Scene Description: in the second arch from the right
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human figure - female - standing - standing on an ox? (Virgin Mary?)
![in the leftmost arch; often identified as Virgin Mary [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1070709006_compressed.png)
Scene Description: in the leftmost arch; often identified as Virgin Mary [cf. FontNotes]
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angel - holding clothes - standing on a lion?
Scene Description: in the second arch from the left: forms part of the Baptism scene
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - 5
Scene Description: some of the arches are decorated with rosettes
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New Testament - Public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan - angel holding clothes - dove
Scene Description: 5 figures in arches; at least 3 of them represent the Baptism of Christ in the Jordan
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view of basin - side
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view of church exterior - tower
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view of church exterior
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view of church exterior
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: the crouching figure at Christ's feet
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Christ - standing - with symbol of Jordan river
Scene Description: centre arch: Simplified figure of Christ in a hieratic posture; at the bottom, a human figure empties fluid from a container, a symbol of the rive Jordan
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kroesen & Steensma, 2004
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Kroesen and Steensma (2004)
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view of basin - side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nordström, 1984
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Nordström (1984)
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view of basin - upper view
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes for details]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kroesen & Steensma, 2004
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00141CAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1180?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Pieve di Santi Giovanni ed Ermolao di Calci
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John & St. Ermolao
Church Notes: 11thC church expanded early-12thC; restored and expanded 17thC
Church Address: Piazza Cairoli, 56011 Calci PI, Italy
Site Location: Pisa, Toscana, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SP56, 12-13 km E of Pisa
Ecclesiastic Region: Arcidiocesi di Pisa
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Biehl (1926): a side of the basin on the Calci font, has five figures, each inside a round arch; Baptism of Christ, with Christ in the centre arch; to his right, John, on a stone, with hand raised; the farthest right arch has an angel; to the left of Christ a male figure holding a tube-like object; in the next arch to the left a female figure; the spandrels of the arches have angels in different posiitions; the capitals of the columns of the arcade are very ornate and the columns at the corners have diagonal fluting pattern. Nordström (1984) notes a Baptism of Christ scene. Kroesen and Steensma (2004) describe and illustrate the carved side of the monolithic square font: "The front of the basin in Calci is decorated with carvings of five human figures under semicircular arches, which rest on colonnettes with capitals. The theme is the Baptism of Christ. He is standing under the middle arch, with at his feet s small figure pouring water from a jug, the symbol of the River Jordan[...] To the right of Christ is St. John the Baptist, who has raised his hand in a gesture of blessing[...] On either side an angel is holding an item of Christ's clothing[...] Under the fifth arch is a woman, possibly the Virgin Mary. All the figures except Christ are standing on a four-footed animal: to the left is an ox, then a lion; to the right a wild boar and possibly a ram. The angel and the figure with raised hands in the spandrels to the left and right of Christ probably illustrate the Annunciation. The other spandrels also each contain an angel." [We are grateful to Annamaria Ducci for her help in documenting this font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 621865 4842566
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.726111, 10.513056
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 43′ 34″ N, 10° 30′ 47″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square
Basin Interior Shape: [other -- cf. FontNotes and Image area]
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
REFERENCES
- Biehl, Walter, Toskanische Plastik des frühen und hohen Mittelalters, Leipzig: Verlag von E.A. Seemann, 1926, pl. 52 and Tafel 61c
- Index of Medieval Art, The Index of Medieval Art, Index of Christian Art, Princeton, [s.d.]. URL: https://theindex.princeton.edu/.
- Kroesen, Justin E.A., The Interior of the medieval village church = Het middeleeuwse Dorpskerkinterieur, Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters, 2004, p. 330 and figs. 15.15, 15.16, 15.17, 15.18
- Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984, p. 23, 97 and fig. 8