Barletta

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - 8 arches - trefoiled arches

view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sirena bicaudata nella cattedrale di Barletta."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Guidofra, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph 27 September 2016 by Guidofra [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sirena_bicaudata_nella_cattedrale_di_Barletta.jpg] [accessed 4 April 2025]

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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Barletta - Duomo di Barletta"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Costantino Sardaro, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph 6 April 2023 by Costantino Sardaro [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barletta_-_Duomo_di_Barletta_-_2023-09-20_11-26-33_039.jpeg] [accessed 4 April 2025]

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view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Cattedrale, interni"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © BEIC, 2025

Image Source: digital image of a 1970 B&W photograph by Paolo Monti in the Biblioteca Europea di Informazione e Cultura [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paolo_Monti_-_Servizio_fotografico_(Barletta,_1970)_-_BEIC_6358210.jpg] [accessed 4 April 2025]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Barletta - Duomo di Barletta"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Costantino Sardaro, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph 6 April 2023 by Costantino Sardaro [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barletta_-_Duomo_di_Barletta_-_2023-09-20_11-26-33_001.jpeg] [accessed 4 April 2025]

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Barletta - Cattedrale di Santa Maria Maggiore, Taufstein"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Asia, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph 2 April 2017 by Asia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barletta_-_Cattedrale_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 4 April 2025]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03482BAR
Church/Chapel: Basilica Concattedrale di Santa Maria Maggiore / Duomo di Barletta
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Piazzetta del Duomo, 76121 Barletta BT, Italy -- Tel.: +39 0883 345522
Country Name: Italy
Location: Barletta-Andria-Trani, Puglia
Directions to Site: Located off the SS16, 18-20 km N of Andria
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Barletta
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century (?), Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Anne & Thomas Heck for their photographs of and information on this font
Church Notes: Norman church 1126 built on the site of a former pagan temple dedicated to Neptune; modified 13th-16thC
Octagonal mounted font; the basin is octagonal but its sides are quite rounded, each containing a blind trefoil arch; the stem of the base is also octagonal and plain other than for a few mouldings. The lid is an octagonal pyramid with sides which open for access to the basin well.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.320556, 16.286111
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 19′ 14″ N, 16° 17′ 10″ E
UTM: 33T 607639 4575140

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 112 cm*
Basin Depth: 44 cm*
Basin Total Height: 55 cm*
Height of Base: 67 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 112 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Anne & Thomas Heck

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: Octagonal pyramid with opening sides for access