Aquileia / Aquileja

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02740AQU
Church/Chapel: Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta, Aquileia
Church Location: Piazza Capitolo, 1, 33051 Aquileia UD, Italy -- Tel.: +39 0431 919719
Country Name: Italy
Location: Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Directions to Site: Located off the SR352, about 30 km S of Udine capital
Century and Period: 5th century (late?) (rebuilt in early 11th cent.), Early Christian
Described and illustrated in Cabrol (1907). Described in Bond (1908: 18, 23) as a baptistery of the 8th century. Bond's illustration (ibid., p. 22) is after Cabrol (1907). Illustrated in Lallov (1934), which shows it reconstructed: a large hexagonal raised pool; the ciborium is made up of six very thick round columns which rest outside the plinth of the font; the top is a roof-like wooden frame covered in roof tiles. Described in Bowerstock (1999): early-Christian polygonal baptistery of the late 5th century was rebuilt in the early 11th century. Described in Cuscito (2003: 33ff)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.769722, 13.370833
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 46′ 11″ N, 13° 22′ 15″ E
UTM: 33T 373328 5069753

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hexagonal (unmounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

REFERENCES

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
Bowersock, G. W., Late Antiquity: a Guide to the Postclassical World, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1999
Cabrol, Fernand, Dictionnaire d'archéologie chrétienne et de liturgie, Paris: Letouzey et Ane, 1907-1953
Cuscito, Giuseppe, "Gli edifici di culto in area altoadriatica tra VI e VIII secolo: bilancio bibliografico-critico", IX, May 2003, Hortius artium medievalium, 2003, pp. 33-54; r["References"]
Lallov, William J., "The Font and the Baptistry", 3, Liturgical Arts, 1934, pp. 80-96; r["References"]