Pisa No. 2
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05010PIS
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Camposanto [cemetery]
Font Location in Church: Inside the cemetery building
Site Location: Pisa, Toscana, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in Piazza dei Miracoli, to the left of the Cathedral
Additional Comments: recycled stoup?: now serving as holy-water stoup
Font Notes:
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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, p. 31-32, tafel 35a