Pisa No. 1
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Results: 44 records
view of baptistery
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view of baptistery - section
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view of baptistery exterior
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view of baptistery interior
Scene Description: with the font and surrounding area seen from the cuppola
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - interior
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view of basin - interior
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view of basin - interior
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view of basin - side 1 - detail
Scene Description: detail of the human heads appearing on this side of the font
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Garzelli (2002)
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view of basin - side 2- IIa
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view of basin - side 3 - IIIa
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Scene Description: detail of the human heads appearing on this side of the font
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Scene Description: detail of the human heads appearing on this side of the font
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view of basin - side 5 - Va
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Scene Description: detail of the human heads appearing on this side of the font
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view of basin - side 6 - VIa
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view of basin - upper view
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view of font
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view of font
Scene Description: Illustration by Nicolas Marie Joseph Chapuy, in D. Ramèe: 'Le Moyen-Âge monumental et archéologique' (Paris, 1847-1867)), reproduced in Garzelli (2002)
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view of font - detail
Scene Description: St. John the Baptist, in the centre of the basin interior
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view of font - plan
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view of font - section
Scene Description: Illustration in G. Rohault de Fleury, 'Les Monuments de Pise au Moyen Âge' (Paris, 1866), reproduced in Garzelli (2002)
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Illustration by Nicolas Marie Joseph Chapuy showing the interior of the baptistery [from D. Ramèe: 'Le Moyen-Âge monumental et archéologique' (Paris, 1847-1867))
INFORMATION
FontID: 00329PIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Battistero di Pisa
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Piazza del Duomo, 23, 56126 Pisa PI, Italy -- Tel.: +39 050 835011
Country Name: Italy
Location: Pisa, Toscana
Directions to Site: Located in the Piazza del Duomo, in central Pisa
Font Location in Church: Inside the baptistery
Date: 1152 (baptistery started); 1246 (date of the font)
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval / composite
Workshop/Group/Artisan: baptistery completed by Giovanni & Nicola Pisano -- font by Guido Bigarelli [aka Guido da Como]
Cognate Fonts: Pistoia font, by the Lanfranco Bigarelli
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Antonino Caleca for his help in the documentation of this font
Church Notes: building started 1152
Font Notes:
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The baptistery of Pisa was started in 1152, but finished about a century later by Giovanni and Nicola Pisano. The octagonal font made of inlaid marble is dated to 1246, the work of Guido da Como, aka Guido Bigarelli. Eartly illustration of the font in Martini (1705). Also in Ramèe (1847-1867) and in Rohault de Fleury (1866). Described and illustrated in Gailhabaud (1850). Plan of the baptistery in Corblet (1881). Bond (1908) describes the "eight small barrels of stone, each 17 inches in diameter. Webb says they were employed for the baptism of infants, and that the rest of the tank was for adults." Very detailed study with many illustrations in Annarosa Garzelli's work of 2002; contains ample bibliography, especially earlier works and references.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.72327, 10.3942
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 43′ 23.77″ N, 10° 23′ 39.12″ E
UTM: 32T 612297 4842082
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (inlaid)
Font Shape: octagonal (raised tank)
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Notes on Measurements: Measurements of the Baptistery building: external circ.=107.5 m.; internal circ.=78.4 m.; total height=54.70 m.; ext. diam=36.-8 m.; int, diam=30.25 m. (source: Gailhabaud, 1850: t.II: unpaged)
REFERENCES
Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882
Davies, J.G., The Architectural Setting of Baptism, London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962
Gailhabaud, Jules, Monuments anciens et modernes: collection formant une histoire de l’architecture des differents peuples à toutes les epoques., Paris: Didot frères, 1850
Garzelli, Annarosa, Il fonte del Battistero di Pisa: cavalli, arieti e grifi alle soglie di Nicola Pisano, Ospedaletto (Pisa): Pacini Editore, 2002
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