Vico Pisano No. 1 / Vicopisano

Image copyright © Lorenzo Carletti and Cristiano Giometti, 2010

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B01: design element - motifs - floral - rosette - 2

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Image Source: illustration in Carletti & Giometti (2010)

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B02: design element - motifs - plant or tree

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Image Source: illustration in Carletti & Giometti (2010)

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B03: design element - motifs - rope moulding

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Image Source: illustration in Carletti & Giometti (2010)

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view of stoup

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lorenzo Carletti and Cristiano Giometti, 2010

Image Source: illustration in Carletti & Giometti (2010)

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view of stoup

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Comune di Vicopisano, 2002

Image Source: digital photograph in the Comune site [www.comune.vicopisano.pi.it/turismo/monumenti/chiese/santa maria/urnetta.html]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 04953VIC
Church/Chapel: Pieve di Santa Maria e S. Giovanni
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. John
Country Name: Italy
Location: Pisa, Toscana
Directions to Site: Located about 15 kms E of Pisa (the city), 50 km W of Florence
Font Location in Church: Located near the side entrance
Century and Period: 8th century / 12th century, Early Christian? / Romanesque?
[NB: to be visited and documented] Described and illustrated in Biehl (1926) who dates it probably to the 8th century. In Carletti & Giometti (2010) with date in the late 12th century. The object appears to be quadrangular, and only the front side is visible in the illustrations: the side has a thick rope motif all around as a frame; a plant or tree in the centre divides the side into two parts, each ornamented with a deeply carved rosette. [NB: the font, to be documented, is said to be of the 15th-16th century]

COORDINATES

UTM: 32T 627616 4837920

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: rectangular
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

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