Bitonto No. 1
Image copyright © Anne & Thomas Heck , 2000
Image and permission received from the authors
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anne & Thomas Heck , 2000
Image Source: digital image of a July 2000 photograph by Anne & Thomas Heck
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the authors
design element - motifs - vine - grape
Scene Description: All around its middle
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anne & Thomas Heck , 2000
Image Source: digital image of a July 2000 photograph by Anne & Thomas Heck
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the authors
inscription - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anne & Thomas Heck , 2000
Image Source: digital image of a July 2000 photograph by Anne & Thomas Heck
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the authors
view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bitonto - Chiesa di San Francesco da Paola"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Manuter, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 16 September 2023 by Manuter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bitonto_-_Chiesa_di_San_Francesco_da_Paola_-_2023-09-16_23-24-00_001.JPG] [accessed 4 April 2025]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03483BIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2000-07-01
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century (?) [basin only], Romanesque [altered font]
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa parrocchiale di San Francesco da Paola [formerly at Santa Catherina d'Alessandria]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, rear of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Francis of Paola [patron saint of the current church]
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for San Francesco] Piazza Aldo Moro, 70032 Bitonto (BA), Italy
Site Location: Bari, Puglia, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the SP231, in the old city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Bari-Bitonto
Additional Comments: altered font (later base?)
Font Notes:
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Chalice-shaped font of the 12th century in the Romanesque style has a band of grapevine ornamentation around its middle and an inscription above it. It appears to have lost its original base and rests now somewhat precariously on a borrowed base. The font was originally at the church of Santa Catherina d'Alessandria.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Anne & Thomas Heck for their information on and photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 33T 642035 4552233
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.108975, 16.691611
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 6′ 32.31″ N, 16° 41′ 29.8″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 8 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 100 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 116 cm*
Basin Depth: 31 cm*
Basin Total Height: 52 cm*
Height of Base: 58 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 110 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Anne & Thomas Heck
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: upper basin side
Inscription Text: "HIC PIAT INTER IUS"
Inscription Source: A. & T. Heck on-site