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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05911TUS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the centre of the S nave/aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: Church in the Lombard style. Marble tympanum with Madonna and Child
Church Address: SP2, 01017 Tuscania VT, Italy
Site Location: Viterbo, Lazio, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SP2, SP11, just W of Viterbo. The church is located at the foot of the hill.
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Described and illustrated in Gailhabaud (1850, t. II: unpaged) as an octagonal unmounted baptismal font of the Romanesque period located in the centre of the south nave; each side of the basin has a complex foliage motif, some in the form of a flower, some in interlace form. The font is raised on a two-step plinth. Dated in Gailhabaud to the 13th century. [Illustration noted in http://www.canino.info/inserti/tuscia/luoghi/tuscania_santa_maria/slides/11Fonte%20battesimale.html [accessed 14 July 2007]]
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 736613 4699749
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.413986, 11.875641
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 24′ 50.35″ N, 11° 52′ 32.31″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, unmounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Gailhabaud, Jules, Monuments anciens et modernes: collection formant une histoire de l’architecture des differents peuples à toutes les epoques., Paris: Didot frères, 1850, t. II: unpaged