Rigoli in San Giuliano Terme
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Results: 18 records
B01: design element - motifs - braid - 2-strand
Scene Description: on three sides, forming a frame for the inner ornamentation
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B02: symbol - cross - Greek - in a circle
Scene Description: with another cross-in-a-circle inside it
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B03: design element - motifs - scroll
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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B04: design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 25, 2007
R01: design element - motifs - vine
Scene Description: on parts of the upper rim
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 25, 2007
R02: design element - motifs - braid - 2-strand
Scene Description: on parts of the upper rim
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 25, 2007
R03: animal - reptile - snake
Scene Description: stylised serpent at the end of a vine
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 25, 2007
R04: design element - motifs - vine
Scene Description: a differently shaped one, with serpent-head endings
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 25, 2007
view of basin - detail
Scene Description: note the old repair
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 25, 2007
view of basin - detail
Scene Description: another serpent head on the upper rim
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 25, 2007
view of basin - interior
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 25, 2007
view of basin - interior - detail
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 25, 2007
view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Skorpyo, [2007?]
Image Source: digital photograph in Stilepisano [http://www.stilepisano.it/immagini/Pisa_Chiesa_di_San_Marco_a_Rigoli.htm] [accessed 8 July 2007]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 25, 2007
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 25, 2007
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 25, 2007
view of font - front side
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view of font - side
Scene Description: the right side, showing the repair, the vertical groove and the damage to the upper corner
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 25, 2007
INFORMATION
FontID: 04952RIG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Pieve di San Marco Evangelista [formerly Pieve di San Pietro e San Giovanni Battista]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mark [formerly St. Peter & St. John the Baptist]
Country Name: Italy
Location: Pisa, Toscana
Directions to Site: Located in the San Guliano Terme 'comune', about 7 km from Pisa
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 8th - 9th century, Early Christian? / Medieval?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Annamaria Ducci for her help in documenting this font
Font Notes:
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Illustrated and described in Biehl (1926) who dates it probably to the end of the 8th century. Noted and illustrated in Carletti & Giometti (2010). On-site notes: rectangular free-standing baptismal font, the front side decorated with a large Greek cross inscribed in a circle, the arms extending into scrolls on both sides, and fleur-de-lis diagonally between the arms, a further cross inscribed in the centre; there is also a braided border pattern framing this whole rectangular panel on three sides (left, upper and right sides); the upper surface of the rim is also decorated with braid, interlace and stylised animal motifs (one obviously a serpent); the font has a side drain; the vessel has been broken and repair with large metal staples and there is also areas of damage on the upper rim, lower sides, etc.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 4846504 616023
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: rectangular
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Drainage Notes: on the side wall
Rim Thickness: 12-13 cm*
Basin Depth: 72 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 86 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 68 x 112-112.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [measurements courtesy of Annamaria Ducci]
REFERENCES
Biehl, Walter, Toskanische Plastik des frühen und hohen Mittelalters, Leipzig: Verlag von E.A. Seemann, 1926
Carletti, Lorenzo, Pietre vecchie ma non antiche: compendi di scultura pisana medievale fino all'età di Giotto, Ospedaletto (Pisa): Pacini, 2010