Barga No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08079BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (mid), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Collegiata di San Cristoforo / Duomo
Font Location in Church: Inside the entrance, to the right
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Christopher
Church Notes: original church pre-1000; much modified since
Church Address: Via del Duomo, 1, 55051 Barga LU, Italy -- Tel.: +39 0583 723031
Site Location: Lucca, Toscana, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SP7, 25 km N of Lucca capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Lucca
Font Notes:
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Described in Garzelli (2002: 13) as a small baptismal font of about the mid 13th century. The font is hexagonal and made of inlaid white marble. [NB: several Romanesque holy-water stoups in this church cf. Index entry as a group under Barga No. 2]
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 618980 4881086
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.07329, 10.48584
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 4′ 23.84″ N, 10° 29′ 9.02″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: raised tank, hexagonal
Basin Interior Shape: hexagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
REFERENCES
- Garzelli, Annarosa, Il fonte del Battistero di Pisa: cavalli, arieti e grifi alle soglie di Nicola Pisano, Ospedaletto (Pisa): Pacini Editore, 2002, p. 13