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
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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
Font ID: 04903VAG
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa di S. Agostino
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Augustine of Hippo
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)
Site Location: Lucca, Toscana, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Vagli Sotto borders with the Comune di Camporgiano and the comune di Caroggine
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Verdigi (1986:??): a 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 appearance 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, p. 109 and ill.