Asolo
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Permission to use received (email of 19 February 2001)
Results: 4 records
B01: symbol - shield - coat of arms - Lusignan Royal House of Cyprus
Scene Description: a/p identification in source [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carl I. Gable, 1997
Image Source: Carl I. Gable [http://wwwboglewood.com/cornaro/xfont.html]
Copyright Instructions: Permission to use received (email of 19 February 2001)
B02: symbol - shield - coat of arms - Order of the Sword
Scene Description: a/p identification in source [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carl I. Gable, 1997
Image Source: Carl I. Gable [http://wwwboglewood.com/cornaro/xfont.html]
Copyright Instructions: Permission to use received (email of 19 February 2001)
BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carl I. Gable, 1997
Image Source: Carl I. Gable [http://wwwboglewood.com/cornaro/xfont.html]
Copyright Instructions: Permission to use received (email of 19 February 2001)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carl I. Gable, 1997
Image Source: Carl I. Gable [http://wwwboglewood.com/cornaro/xfont.html]
Copyright Instructions: Permission to use received (email of 19 February 2001)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04139ASO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1491
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (late), Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Francesco Grazioli
Church / Chapel Name: Duomo di Asolo / Chiesa prepositurale e collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Piazzetta S. Pio X, 192, 31011 Asolo TV, Italy
Site Location: Treviso, Veneto, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SP6, 45-50 km N of Padua
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Treviso
Font Notes:
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Chalice-shaped font; the upper sides of the basin have a broad band of low-relief ornamentation, including at least one crowned shield (identified in the source [cf. infra] as the Lusignan royal house of Cyprus) and the sword and ribbons of the Order of the Sword. The underbowl has deep concave ribbing pattern; the base is a short rounded pedestal. There is a wooden (?) low-dome cover with an orb-and-cross finial. It is, according to the same source, the work of Francesco Grazioli at the commission of queen Caterina Cornaro, when she ceded the Kingdom of Cyprus to Venice and retired to Asolo [source: C.I. Gable at WEB site http://wwwboglewood.com/cornaro/xfont.html -- link with this WEB site authorised by its owner, Carl Gable, a/p email of February 19, 2001]
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 726414 5076167
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.801902, 11.913674
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 48′ 6.85″ N, 11° 54′ 49.22″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood?
Notes: cf. Font notes
REFERENCES
- http://www.boglewood.com/cornaro/xfont.html, Art and Architecture of Venice, C. I. Gable, 2001. URL: http://wwwboglewood.com/cornaro/xfont.html.