Calvi No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04041CAL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1443
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (mid), Late Medieval
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:
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Described and illustrated in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) as a white marble holy-water stoup dated to 1443 and with an inscription [cf. Inscription]. NB: a later font is listed for this church [cf. Index entry for Calvi No. 1]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (white)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: unknown
Inscription Text: "MARTINUS E PRATE FILIUS FRAUCISCI"
Inscription Notes: Unclear in the source whether or not the date is part of the inscription
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