Vicchio

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B01: human figure - kneeling - right arm stretched forward

Scene Description: kneeling?

INFORMATION

FontID: 08053VIC
Museum and Inventory Number: Museo Beato Angelico di Arte Sacra di Vicchio, Vicchio
Church/Chapel: [original source unknown]
Country Name: Italy
Location: Firenze, Toscana
Directions to Site: Vicchio is located in the Mugello valley
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque
An old monolithic baptismal font or stoup; the cylindrical basin is ornamented on one side with a kneeling (?) figure stretching its arm toward a flower (?). A moulding separates the basin from the conical base [ reported in the source as being in the Museo di Arte Sacra di Vicchio; without provenance -- source with illustration of the object: http://w3.newnet.it/filo/articoli/culturastoria/arte/musei/museovicchio.htm]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round