Calvi No. 1

Results: 3 records

BH01: angel - cherub - 4

Scene Description: at 90-degree angles on the basin sides

BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed

LB01: animal - fabulous animal or monster - chimera - 4

Scene Description: One at each angle of the lower base

INFORMATION

FontID: 04040CAL
Church/Chapel: Eglise pro-cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Corse, Corsica / Corse
Directions to Site: Located 72 kms N of Ajaccio, on the coast, in NW Corsica
Date: 1568
Century and Period: 16th century(mid), Renaissance
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-