Pisa No. 2

Results: 6 records

B01: angel - holding chalice

Scene Description: winged angel holding either a chalice or a chalice-shaped cup

B02: animal - mammal - ram - head

Scene Description: a/p Biehl (1926: 31)

B03: human figure - male

Scene Description: a/p Biehl (1926: 31)

B04: human figure - female

Scene Description: a/p Biehl (1926: 31)

B05: animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon

Scene Description: a/p Biehl (1926: 31)

B06: animal - mammal - lion

Scene Description: a/p Biehl (1926: 31)

INFORMATION

FontID: 05010PIS
Church/Chapel: Camposanto [cemetery]
Country Name: Italy
Location: Pisa, Toscana
Directions to Site: Located in Piazza dei Miracoli, to the left of the Cathedral
Font Location in Church: Inside the cemetery building
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described and illustrated in Biehl (1926) as a holy-water stoup ornamented with standing figures, one of which is a winged angel carrying a chalice in its hands; other sides have a ram head, two naked busts, one male and one female, a dragon, and a lion. The work is on the crude side and Wiehl dates it to the first half of the 12th century. The shape of the object suggests that it may have been a recycled capital.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: capital
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Biehl, Walter, Toskanische Plastik des frühen und hohen Mittelalters, Leipzig: Verlag von E.A. Seemann, 1926