Pieve Fosciana

INFORMATION

FontID: 08085FOS
Church/Chapel: Chiesa di S. Giovanni Battista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: Italy
Location: Lucca, Toscana
Directions to Site: Located in the Garfagnana mountain district
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, to the left of the entrance
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Gothic
The baptismal font in this church may be mada up of components from two different periods: the basin itself and the "casing" in which it sits now; the source [cf. infra] describes it as 'hidden' behind a parapet of red and white marble divided into panels by slender Romanesque-style columns, a fragment of the former choir enclosure ["La vasca altomedievale in pietra, nella quale furono battezzate generazioni di cristiani della Garfagnana, è nascosta da un paramento in marmo bianco e rosso, diviso da colonnine romaniche, che è frammento del distrutto recinto corale"]. [source: http://www.comune.lucca.it/DIOCESI/parr/pievefosciana/visitachiesa.htm] [source: http://www.viaggiareintoscana.it/gennaio/pacchgarfagn3.htm]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone