Montespertoli, S. Piero / Pietro in Mercato, No. 1

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B01: design element - motifs - geometric

Scene Description: several different ones on the basin sides

INFORMATION

FontID: 05017MON
Church/Chapel: Pieve di S. Piero in Mercato
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Italy
Location: Firenze, Toscana
Directions to Site: Located in the Mugello valley.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church/museum
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Similar to the Coeli-Aula font now in the chiesa di Sant'Andrea in Montespertoli, and probably to the font at Santa Felicita in Faltona
Hexagonal immersion baptismal font ornamented with mosaic-like motifs in white marble. This font is believed to be from the original 12th-century church of S. Piero. [NB: cf. entry in the index for a second font in this church -now a museum- listed as Montespertoli No. 2]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble [in part]
Font Shape: hexagonal (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: hexagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

REFERENCES

2001. [URL discontinued / non active]. URL: http://www.adactanet.it/dominimusei/montesp.html.