Albenga
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lasteyrie, 1929
Image Source: Lasteyrie (1929: fig. 104)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 05734ALB
Church/Chapel: Battistero paleocristiano d'Albenga
Country Name: Italy
Location: Savona, Liguria
Directions to Site: Located on the Riviera di Ponente, WSW of Genoa. The baptistery is to the south of the cathedral
Century and Period: 5th century, Early Christian
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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
Ferguson, Everett, Baptism in the Early Church: history, theology, and liturgy in the first five centuries, Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2009
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