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B01: design element - architectural - arcade

INFORMATION

FontID: 07909BEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Chiesa Madre
Country Name: Italy
Location: Catanzaro, Calabria
Font Location in Church: Reported "until recently" inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century
Font Notes:
Described in the source [cf. infra] as an ornamented 16th-century hexagonal well-head used inside the church as baptismal font [source: www.repubblica.it/speciale/2003/luoghicuore/regioni/calabria3.html -- original text: "Fino a poco tempo fa vi era anche una magella di pozzo cinquecentina in pietra locale a coronamento esagonale, con archetti e stemmi gentilizi scolpiti, collocata, poi, nella chiesa madre come fonte battesimale"]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal (umounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal