Calvi No. 1

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04040CAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1568
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(mid), Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église pro-cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Site Location: Haute-Corse, Corsica / Corse, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 72 kms N of Ajaccio, on the coast, in NW Corsica
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) as an elegant font consisting of a round shallow basin mounted on a slender rounded pedestal and a square lower base; the basin has four (?) cherubs at 90-degree angels on the narrow sides; between them an inscription in capitals [cf. Inscription]; the underbowl appears ribbed; the stem of the base is plain; the lower base has a mythical chimera (?) oat each angle. NB: an earlier stoup is listed for this church [cf. Index entry for Calvi No. 2]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin and numbers
Inscription Location: around the basin side
Inscription Text: Partial text: "VINCITELO.F. / MDLXVIII"
Inscription Source: Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-, II D 50)

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, II D 50