Bonifacio No. 1
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Image and Permission received (e-mail of June 18, 2004)
Results: 4 records
BBU01: design element - motifs - rope
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Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (e-mail of June 18, 2004)
BS01: inscription
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes and InscriptionArea]
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Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (e-mail of June 18, 2004)
BU01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - trefoiled arches
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Image Source: Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (e-mail of June 18, 2004)
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2008
Image Source: Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (e-mail of June 18, 2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03828BON
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1463
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (mid), Late Medieval
Museum: Musée du Palazzu Publicu, [unknown]
Church / Chapel Name: Église Sainte-Marie-Majeure
Font Location in Church: The stoup is now [2004] in the museum
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the Eglise Sainte-Marie-Majeure
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00099082]: "Edifiée à la fin du 12e siècle, l'église était soumise à la juridiction de l'archevêque de Gênes."
Church Address: 20169 Bonifacio, France
Site Location: Corse-du-Sud, Corse / Corsica, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Bonifacio is located off the D58, in the peninsula at the southermost tip of the island, 150 kms SE of Ajaccio
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Ajaccio
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: now in a museum
Font Notes:
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Listed in Enlart (1902, p. 785 footnote 1) as a holy-water stoup dated by an inscription to 1463. The object, a wall-mounted basin made of marble or of a highly-polished limestone, is now [June 2004] located in the Musée du Palazzu Publicu of Bonifacio. The decoration on the side consists of a rope motif around most of the upper basin side, below which is a blind arcade of trefoil arches, with the inscription "1463 DIC [or DIE?] 2 M.A. VINCENTELLI" running on the spandrels of the arcade; the inside of the basin well is decorated with concave ribbing. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM2A000085]: " [...] Marbre (blanc) [...] 1463". The back of the basin, towards the piece that mounted on the wall appears unfinished but it is the wrist of the hand that holds the basin, only the thumb of which is visible from the top, as the illustrations in Mémoire [ref.: IVR94_20152A00401, IVR94_20152A00402. IVR94_20152A00619] show.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, for the images of and other information on this object
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 513334 4581740
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.387074, 9.159489
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 23′ 13.46″ N, 9° 9′ 34.16″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round, wall-mounted
Basin Interior Shape: multi-lobed
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: letters and numbers
Inscription Location: in the spandrels of the arcade that surrounds the basin
Inscription Text: "1463 DIC [or DIE?] 2 M.A. VINCENTELLI"
Inscription Source: Montserrat Estela (Barcelona, Spain) [e-mail]; Enlart (1902: 785 footnote 1) mentions only the date
REFERENCES
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 785 footnote 1
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.