Agliate

INFORMATION

FontID: 08451AGL
Church/Chapel: Battistero [next to SS. Pietro e Paolo di Agliate]
Country Name: Italy
Location: Milano, Lombardia
Directions to Site: Located in Carate Brianza, near Monza (access from the Superstrada Milano-Erba). The baptistery is right next to the Basilica di San Pietro ad Agliate
Font Location in Church: In the centre of the baptistery
Century and Period: 11th century, Medieval
Described and illustrated in Bertelli (2002: 276 and pl. 271) as the baptismal font (sunken) in the centre of the baptistery at Agliate, adjunct to the Basilica of the saints Peter and Paul. The baptistery building is nine-sided, not a common occurrence, but the font itself is octagonal on the outside, with a round inner shape. There are frescoes still visible on the baptistery inner walls

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (sunken font)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Bertelli, Carlo, Lombardia medievale: arte e architettura, Milano: Skira, 2002