San Mauro Castelverde / Santu Màuru
Results: 3 records
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07892MAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1531
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century [basin only], Late Medieval [altered]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Antonello Gagini / Gagini family
Cognate Fonts: another font of the same workshop at Salemi
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa S. Maria dei Franchi [aka dei Francis]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: 13thC church; modified 16th, 17thC
Church Address: Piazza Municipio, 90010 San Mauro Castelverde PA, Italy
Site Location: Palermio, Sicilia, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SP52, 60-70 km W of Palermo
Additional Comments: altered font? (the base is a modern replacement] disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made by the Gagini family of sculptors [source: http://sicilia.indettaglio.it]. The font consists of a shallow round basin of marble decorated with a large medallion with the Baptism of Christ scene on the front side, and inscription below the rim, and a gadrooned pattern on the undebowl; the pedestal font is a modern replacement. Illustrated in two 11 August 2022 digital photographs by Davide Mauro [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fonte_battesimale,_Antonello_Gagini_1.jpg] and [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fonte_battesimale,_Antonello_Gagini_2.jpg] [accessed 20 May 2025]
COORDINATES
UTM: 33S 428834 4196670
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 37.914794, 14.190372
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 37° 54′ 53.26″ N, 14° 11′ 25.34″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Italian
Inscription Location: on the basin sides, below the rim
Inscription Text: "[?] Di MARTINO [?]"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]