Diecimo nr. Borgo a Mozzano

Results: 2 records

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08081DIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font2
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Guidetto?
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa di S. Maria Assunta / Pieve di Diecimo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: 12thC church -- "Attualmente dedicata solamente a Maria Assunta, ma anticamente anche ai Santi Gervasio e Protasio" [source: https://www.ursea.it/wp/archives/2721 [accessed 26 May 2025]]
Church Address: Via della Chiesa, 8, 55023 Diecimo LU, Italy -- Tel.: +39 0583 838531
Site Location: Lucca, Toscana, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SP32, in the municipality of Borgo a Mozzano, itself 16 km NNE of Lucca capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Lucca
Font Notes:
Baptismal font of the 12th century. L. Badalassi includes this font among the possible/doubtful works of Guidetto, together with the font at Brancoli whis is a known work of Guidetto [source: http://luccapro.cribecu.sns.it/ENG/pie/pie_s0010/index.asp and htt;://lucca.cribecu.sns.it/mv/html/FAM] [broken link no longer active]. Illustrated in a 21 August 2020 digital photograph by Mongolo1984 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieve_di_Santa_Maria_a_Diecimo,_fonte_battesimale_esagonale_01.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2025].

COORDINATES

UTM: 32T 620574 4868941
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.963716, 10.502982
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 57′ 49.38″ N, 10° 30′ 10.73″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal
Basin Interior Shape: hexagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal