Vagli Sotto
Image copyright © Verdigi, 1986
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BH01: human figure - head
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Verdigi, 1986
Image Source: Verdigi (1986: p. between 80-81)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Verdigi, 1986
Image Source: Verdigi (1986: p. between 80-81)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 04903VAG
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Chiesa di S. Agostino
Church Patron Saints: St. Augustine of Hippo
Country Name: Italy
Location: Lucca, Toscana
Directions to Site: Vagli Sotto borders with the Comune di Camporgiano and the comune di Caroggine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: Verdigi (1986: p. 109ff) dates the original chiesa di S. Agostino -formerly dedicated to S. Regolo- to the 11th century, with reconstructions in the 14th, 16th and 17th centuries. He also tells an odd story about the bishop of Sarzana stopping the use of the blessing of the water in the font in the new church (built in 1390) in 1584, because the faithful were in the habit of drinking the newly blessed water right-away (Ibid., p. 109)
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Verdigi (1986:??): a rather crudely executed holy-water stoup; the basin is hemispheric and has one protruding face carved on the basin side; the base appears round and plain. The general appearence is that of a Norman or Norman-style object.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 602689 4885632
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Verdigi, Mariano, Vagli: terre di frontiera, Lucca: Maria Pacini Fazzi editore, 1986