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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - symbol - 4 - in a circle
Scene Description: each symbol in a circle, the circles held by angels
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © International Center of Medieval Art, 1971
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Cahn (1971: p. 52) and (1979-1999, vol. II: 250)
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angel - showing wings - 4
Scene Description: each angel holds the side of circles next to it
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © International Center of Medieval Art, 1971
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Cahn (1971: p. 52) and (1979-1999, vol. II: 250)
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © International Center of Medieval Art, 1971
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Cahn (1971: p. 52) and (1979-1999, vol. II: 250)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 00325ROC
Museum and Inventory Number: Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY, USA
Church/Chapel: [exact provenance unknown -- believed to be from Northern Italy]
Church Location: [address & coordinates given are for the Art Gallery in Rochester] 500 University Ave., Rochester, NY 14607, United States
Country Name: United States
Location: New York
Font Location in Church: [In a museum]
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Listed, described and illustrated in Cahn (1979-) as a work of doubtful authenticity previously classified as Romanesque, but likely to be a more recent creation "in the opinion of the authors of this catalogue" (Cahn, 1979- , v. 2: 250). The object is a limestone beaker-like vessel which appears to have lost its upper rim; the remaining basin sides show four circles with a symbol of an Evangelist in each; in the space between the circles there is an angel, full-front, showing its wings, its hands holding the circles in the manner of a Majestas Domini mandorla angel. The underbowl has diagonal rib-like motif and there is a torus as base. Cahn (ibid.) gives the provenance as Stefano Bardini; it was purchased from J. Brummer in 1949 [cf. entry for Wadsworth Atheneum No. 1, of the same provenance]. Cahn (1971) suggests date ca. 1200.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
43.157222,
-77.588056
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
43° 9′ 26″ N,
77° 35′ 17″ W
UTM: 18T 289586 4781526
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 78.7 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 66 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Cahn (1979- , v. 2, p. 250) [NB: the upper rim appears missing]
REFERENCES
Cahn, Walter, "Romanesque Sculpture in Amrican Collections. VII. New York and New Jersey", X, 1, Gesta, 1971, pp. 45-53; r["References"]
Cahn, Walter, Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections (2 vols.), New York [v.1]; Turnhout, Belgium [v.2]: B. Franklin [v. 1]; Brepols [v.2], 1979-1999
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester Museum Handbook, [Rochester, NY]: Rochester Museum, 1961
Walsh, D.A., "An Italian Romanesque Baptismal Font", 6, Porticus, 1983, pp. 13-18, 5 fig.; r["References"]
