Soleto / Soletto
Image copyright © Luca Giordani, 2003
Image and permission received (e-mail from Giorgio Zanetti, 21/3/2003)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Luca Giordani, 2003
Image Source: Luca Giordani [www.studiogiove.org]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail from Giorgio Zanetti, 21/3/2003)
INFORMATION
FontID: 07952SOL
Church/Chapel: Chiesa di Santo Stefano
Country Name: Italy
Location: Lecce, Puglia
Directions to Site: Located in the Grecia Salentina are of Lecce
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Giorgio Zanetti, of Toronto, Canada, for bringing this font to our attention, and to Luca Giordani, of Bologna, Italy [www.studiogiove.org], for his image of the same
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font consisting of an outer semi-circular font, plain except for a band of foliage (?) around the upper side, and an inner font, much smaller, being a hemispherical basin mounted on a plain cylindrical base; this basin is ornamented with a moulding at the upper rim [it appears to bear an inscription], a rope moulding around its side ending at the front in a large floral (?) motif.
COORDINATES
UTM: 34T 261617 4451866
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone