Montespertoli, S. Piero / Pietro in Mercato, No. 2

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BH01: human figure - male - head - 3

Scene Description: [cf. font notes for details]

INFORMATION

FontID: 05018MON
Church/Chapel: orig. at Santo Stefano a Lucignano
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Country Name: Italy
Location: Firenze, Toscana
Directions to Site: Located in the Mugello valley
Font Location in Church: Inside the church/museum, on the middle of the floor
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described in the Montespertoli Museum WEB site (p. 6) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period ornamented with three crude human heads, the work of a "lapicida lombardeggiante" according to the source; it had been earlier wall-mounted in the church of Santo Stefano in Lucignano as a holy-water stoup.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble

REFERENCES

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