Sampeyre / Sampeyre-valle Varaita / San Pèire / San Peyre
Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image received from Don Roberto Mastacchi
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LB02: design element - motifs - foliage
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph by Don Roberto Mastacchi
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symbol - key - keys of St. Peter
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inscription
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph by Don Roberto Mastacchi
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design element - motifs - foliage
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
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symbol - shield
Scene Description: several, upside-down [cf. Font notes]
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design element - motifs - floral - rose
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph by Don Roberto Mastacchi
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symbol - key - keys of St. Peter
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph by Don Roberto Mastacchi
Copyright Instructions: Image received from Don Roberto Mastacchi
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07989SAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1482
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (late), Late Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Workshop of Zabreri di Pagliero / heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa parrocchiale dei SS. Pietro e Paolo di Sampeyre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Address: Vicolo della Chiesa, 4, 12020 Sampeyre CN, Italy -- Tel.: +39 0175 977800
Site Location: Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SP8, about 30 km W of Saluzzo, E of the border with France
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Saluzzo
Font Notes:
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Noteworthy baptismal font made of marble and dated 1482; from the workshop of the Zabreri di Pagliero [source: www.ghironda.com/saluzzo]. Though somewhat similar to many of the 'Credo' fonts of this workshop, it does not appear to have the characteristic Credo text on its basin sides; instead there is some inscription [only partial text is visible in the source], including the IHS anagram, as well as the pair of keys of St. Peter, one of the patron saints of this church; on the underbowl sides only the characteristic leaves at the angles; both the keys and the leaves decorate the lower base as well; the stem of the base appears to have been re-mounted the wrong way around, as the shields that alternate with roses on the centre ring show; mouldings up and down. The font has been fitted with a metal girdle, a later addition, probably to provide extra support for the basin. Noted in the Italian Wikipedia entry for this church [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampeyre] [accessed 24 May 2025]:
"Il fonte battesimale in marmo (risalente al 1482) è stato realizzato della bottega degli Zabreri di Pagliero di San Damiano Macra."
"Il fonte battesimale in marmo (risalente al 1482) è stato realizzato della bottega degli Zabreri di Pagliero di San Damiano Macra."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Don Roberto Mastacchi for the photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 356195 4937789
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.579083, 7.188631
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 34′ 44.7″ N, 7° 11′ 19.07″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the basin sides
Inscription Text: [full transcription not available] ["[...] / bri"?] / ["IHS"] [...]
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: photograph