Venosa No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04910VEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th - 6th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: [now in the Chiesa Incompiuta della SS. Trinità]
Site Location: Potenza, Basilicata, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located just NW of Potenza. The archaeological site is located in Corso Vittorio Emanuele, near the Chiesa Incompiuta della SS. Trinità
Font Notes:
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According to Garzya Romano (1988: 57) prospections carried out in 1958, and other more recent ones, discovered the existence of an Early Christian baptistery in the SW area of the area. Reported also in Il Caprifoglio (anno VII, no. 1-giugno 1995): 7 [www.capricultura.org/bora.html]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Font Shape: sunken font, round
Basin Interior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Garzya Romano, Chiara, Calabre et Basilicate romanes, La Pierre-qui-Vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1988, p. 57ff