Roma No. 8 / Vaticano
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Scene Description: a pedestal font in the Pontianus cemetery; illustrated in Corblet (1881)
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Image Source: Corblet (1881: v. 2, p. 115)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 05527ROM
Country Name: Italy
Location: Roma, Lazio
Font Location in Church: In the Cemetery of Pontianus
Century and Period: 6th century, Early Christian
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Described and illustrated in Bond (1908) as a 6th-century Early Christian baptistery with a large fresco of the Baptism of Christ in the river Jordan: "a flight of ten steps leads down to the water, which is fed by a spring; the baptistery is ornamented with frescoes of the sixth century" (ibid., p. 6). The piscina appears square in Bond's illustration. Corblet (1881- : v. 2, p. 115) illustrates a "Fonts de saint Pierre, à Sainte-Prisque. Cimetière de Saint-Pontien".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Basin Depth: 97.5 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 205 x 205 cm
Notes on Measurements: Measurements of the square piscina, calculated from Bond's measurements (1985, c1908: 21)
REFERENCES
Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
Cabrol, Fernand, Dictionnaire d'archéologie chrétienne et de liturgie, Paris: Letouzey et Ane, 1907-1953