Pistoia No. 2
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view of font
Scene Description: The baptismal font during the 1965 restoration
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Image Source: Garzelli (2002)
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view of font
Scene Description: view of the font after the completed restoration
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Comune di Pistoia, 2005
Image Source: www.pistoia.turismo.toscana.it
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view of font - upper view
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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INFORMATION
FontID: 08047PIS
Church/Chapel: Battistero di S. Giovanni in Corte
Church Patron Saints: St. John
Country Name: Italy
Location: Pistoia, Toscana
Directions to Site: In the province of Pistoia 32 kms. NW of Florence
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1226
Century and Period: 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
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].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: square (raised tank)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
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
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
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
