Grado No. 3
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Results: 3 records
B01:
design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: all around the sides of the former capital
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view of font or stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
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view of font or stoup in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 03975GRA
Church/Chapel: Basilica di Sant'Eufemia
Church Patron Saints: St. Euphemia
Country Name: Italy
Location: Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Directions to Site: Located on the Adriatic coast, just S of Aquileia, accessible from the N-14
Font Location in Church: In the central nave, S (right hand) side
Century and Period: 5th - 6th century, Early Christian
Illustrated in Arte in Friuli (1999): a beautiful Corinthian (?) capital, dated to the 5th-6th century in the source, hollowed out to serve as stoup or baptismal font; there is staple hole evidence at two of the upper corners. The marble capital has been mounted on a short pedestal base made up of a round torus-scotia-torus combination with a plain square lower base. There is some damage to the upper basin sides, but it is generally in good condition. Illustrated in Cuscito (2003: fig. 30) [We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, for the photograph of this stoup]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: capital-shape (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square (at the top)
LID INFORMATION
Notes: evidence of staples in the upper rim; may have had a cover, especially if it was used as baptismal font in the past
REFERENCES
Arte in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Udine: Magnus, 1999
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"]
