Albenga
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lasteyrie, 1929
Image Source: Lasteyrie (1929: fig. 104)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05734ALB
Object Type: Baptistery
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Battistero paleocristiano d'Albenga
Site Location: Savona, Liguria, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the Riviera di Ponente, WSW of Genoa. The baptistery is to the south of the cathedral
Font Notes:
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Baptistery plan in Lasteyrie (1929); the piscina appears octagonal in the plan. Described with some measuremts in Ferguson (2009). "Intriguing 5th-century baptistry with a ten-sided exterior and octagonal interior. Inside, the original 5th-century blue and white mosaics of doves represent the 12 apostles." (Italy: Eyewitness Travel Guide, 1996: 227)
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Diameter (includes rim): 226 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * in Ferguson (2009); he gives tha diameter of the base as 158 cm and a total depth of 90 cm]
REFERENCES
- Davies, J.G., The Architectural Setting of Baptism, London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962, p. 3-4
- Ferguson, Everett, Baptism in the Early Church: history, theology, and liturgy in the first five centuries, Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2009, p. 837
- Guyon, Jean, Les premiers baptistères des Gaules (IVe-VIIIe siècles), Roma: Unione Internazionale degli Istituti di Archeologia, Storia e Storia dell'Arte in Roma / Union des instituts étrangers de Rome, 2000
- Lasteyrie du Saillant, Robert Charles, conte de, Architecture réligieuse en France à l'époque romane (2e éd., avec une bibliographie critique par Marcel Aubert), Paris: A. Picard, 1929, fig. 104