Venice No. 4 / Venezia
Image copyright © Angels Majó Rais, 2004
Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 October 2004 from Montse Estela)
Results: 1 records
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Angels Majó Rais, 2004
Image Source: Angels Majó Rais [via Montserrat Estela]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 October 2004 from Montse Estela)
INFORMATION
FontID: 06372VEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Chiesa di S. Giacomo dell'Orio, aka S. Giacomo de Lupio
Church Patron Saints: Sr. James
Country Name: Italy
Location: Venezia, Veneto
Directions to Site: Located on the Canal Grande, between S. Marcuola and S. Staè
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the Cappella battismale
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Gothic
Font Notes:
Click to view
Baptismal font made of Greek marble; it consists of a quatrefoil [tetralobe] basin, inside and out, raised on a square base and square lower base; the base is decorated with a few thin mouldings. There is evidence of damage at the upper rim where the iron staples of the old cover still show. [We are grateful to Angels Majó Rais, from Barcelona, Spain, for the photograph of this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (Greek marble)
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: quatrefoil (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: quatrefoil
Basin Exterior Shape: quatrefoil
LID INFORMATION
Notes: the staples of the old cover are still in place in th upper rim of the basin