Gangalandi

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08061GAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1422?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (early), Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: scuola fiorentina, vicina a Lorenzo Ghiberti
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa di S. Martino / Pieve di San Martino a Gangalandia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: Via Leon Battista Alberti, 37, 50055 Lastra a Signa FI, Italy -- Tel.: +39 055 872 0008
Site Location: Firenze, Toscana, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SS67, in the municipality of Lastra a Signa, itself about 13 km W of Florenze capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Firenze
Additional Comments: e-mail from Francesco (in English at my request]: info is from a paper he wrote in school; does not remember his bibliographical sources, but the outline is his own (e-mail of 10 April 2003)
Font Notes:
Baptismal font dated by an inscription to 1422, from the workshop of a Florentine school akin to Lorenzo Ghiberti; the font is octagonal and has the following scenes: 1)Agnus Dei; 2)Jesus as pilgrim (?); 3)Madonna and Child; 4)St. Martin; 5)Baptism of Christ; 6)St. Michael; 7)foliated cross; 8)cherub. It carries an inscription around the upper side of the basin, which informs that the font was commissioned in 1422 by the Compagnia della Vergine Maria. The font is made of white Carrara marble. ["Il Fonte Battesimale del secolo XV, è di forma ottagonale di marmo bianco di Carrara e su ciascuna faccia presenta bassorilievi racchiusi in formelle quadrilobate che rappresentano: un Agnus Dei, Gesù Pellegrino, la Vergine col Bambino, S. Martino, il Battesimo di Gesù, S. Michele Arcangelo, una Croce lavorata a fogliame, una testa di Cherubino. Le gira intorno nella cornice la scritta: "Questa fonte o fodina hanno fatto fare gli operai della Compagnia della Vergine Maria. Anno MCCCCXXII". E' un pregevole lavoro di scuola fiorentina, vicina a Lorenzo Ghiberti."] A set of photographs taken 12 August 2017 by Sailko can be found in https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:San_Martino_a_Gangalandi_-_Interior [accessed 25 May 2025]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Francesco Tacetti of www.geocities.com/taccetti/lastra.htm for the information on this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 32T 668884 4848410
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.76948, 11.09834
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 46′ 10.13″, 11° 5′ 54.02″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Italian?
Inscription Location: on the upper basin side
Inscription Text: "Questa fonte o fodina hanno fatto fare gli operai della Compagnia della Vergine Maria. Anno MCCCCXXII"
Inscription Notes: It is not known whether this is the original text or a transcribed version