Pistoia No. 2
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Scene Description: view of the font after the completed restoration
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Scene Description: view of the font after the completed restoration
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Comune di Pistoia, 2005
Image Source: www.comune.pistoia.it
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Scene Description: The baptismal font during the 1965 restoration
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pacini Editore Spa, 2002
Image Source: Garzelli (2002)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 08047PIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font2
Font Date: 1226
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Lanfranco Bigarelli (aka Lanfranco da Como)
Cognate Fonts: The font at the Battistero di Pisa, by Guido Bigarelli
Church / Chapel Name: Battistero di S. Giovanni in Corte [aka San Giovanni di Rotondo] [no longer used for the cult]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Notes: 14thC building on the site of an earlier church -- no longer used for the cult; holds cultural events]
Church Address: Piazza del Duomo, 51100 Pistoia PT, Italy -- Tel.: +39 334 168 9419
Site Location: Pistoia, Toscana, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SS119, N of the A11, 32 kms. NW of Florence
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Pistoia
Font Notes:
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Noted in Salmi (1972). In Gurrieri (1975). Described and illustrated in Garzelli (2002: 9-11 and fig. 6) as a baptismal font of the immersion raised-tank type made in 1226 by Lanfranco Bigarelli [aka Lanfranco da Como]; it is somewhat similar to the one at the Battistero di Pisa in general shape and size, but Pistoia's basin is rounded on the inside and square on the outside, whereas Pisa is octagonal both inside and out, and has a central element absent in Pistoia's; they both have the additional cylindrical basinettes at 90-degree angles, as well as the tiled exterior panels. Garzelli (ibid.) shows an image of the font during the 1965 restoration. The Comune di Pistoia has a web entry with general information and an image of the font [www.comune.pistoia.it] available both in English and Italian [NB: this latter source gives the size of the corner wells as 80 cm deep by 75 cm in diameter]. Illustrated in a set of digital photographs[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Baptistry_(Pistoia)_-_Baptismal_font] [accessed 25 May 2025]
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 653875 4866230
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.933113, 10.917088
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 55′ 59.21″ N, 10° 55′ 1.52″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: raised tank, square
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Notes on Measurements: [size of the corner wells as 80 cm deep by 75 cm in diameter, a/p www.comune.pistoia.it]
REFERENCES
- Garzelli, Annarosa, Il fonte del Battistero di Pisa: cavalli, arieti e grifi alle soglie di Nicola Pisano, Ospedaletto (Pisa): Pacini Editore, 2002, p. 9-11 and fig. 6 on p. 9
- Gurrieri, Francesco, Il Battistero di S. Giovanni in Corte a Pistoia, Pistoia: Libreria editrice Tellini, 1975
- Kroesen, Justin E.A., The Interior of the medieval village church = Het middeleeuwse Dorpskerkinterieur, Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters, 2004, p. 331
- Salmi, Mario, "Due note pistoiesi [1. Il fonte battesimale e il S. Giovanni di Pistoia]", Il Gotico a Pistoia nei suoi rappporti con l'arte gotica italiana: Atti del II Convegno Internazionale di Studi Medievali di Istoria e d'Arte, Pistoia: Tip. Centenari, 1972