Calenzana
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Christ - standing - haloed - bearded - with processional cross in left hand - right hand raised to his middle
Scene Description: his body faces right, his face looks straight out
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Image Source: digital photograph August 2003 by Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 12/8/2003)
inscription - partial - right side
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Scene Description: [cf. Inscription area]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2003
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Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 12/8/2003)
inscription - partial - left side
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Scene Description: [cf. Inscription area]
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Image Source: digital photograph August 2003 by Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
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human figure - hand - left hand
Scene Description: carved as if holding up the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph August 2003 by Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 12/8/2003)
view of stoup and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph August 2003 by Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 12/8/2003)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08663CAL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: December 14, 14[??]
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église Sainte-Restitude de Calenzana
Font Location in Church: wall-mounted
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Restitute of Africa [aka Restituta]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref. :PA00099274]: "L'église primitive a été élevée sur le tombeau de Sainte-Restitude, martyrisée en 303. Construite à la fin du 11e début 12e siècle, elle fut élargie au 14e siècle et flanquée de deux chapelles latérales pour permettre une meilleure circulation des pélerins. En 1735, un ermite y fut installé. En 1951, l'abattement du mur qui séparait le choeur de la nef fit apparaître l'autel primitif et la partie cachée du cénotaphe. Un sarcophage avec chrisme, datant du début du 4e siècle, fut également mis au jour.
Rien ne subsiste de l'église romane, reconstruite à la fin du Moyen-Age."
Church Address: Lieu dit Santa Ristituda, D151, 20214 Calenzana, France
Site Location: Haute-Corse, Corsica / Corse, France, Europe
Directions to Site: The town is located on the D151, 12 km ESE of Calvi (the church is located just NE of the town, following the D151 in the direction of Zilia)
Font Notes:
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Beautiful wall-mounted hemispherical holy-water stoup made of whitish marble and dated by an inscription to the 15th century; the front of the basin is ornamented with a standing image of Christ, nimbed and holding a processional cross in the left hand, the right held to his middle; the body faces right but the head stares straight out. The basin upper side bears an inscription that dates the object to 14[??] and gives the name of the donor or maker, one Franciscus Baldesa[?]. The underbowl is ornamented with a human hand, the left, fingers to the front, which appears to hold up the basin. The stoup has a modern wooden cover on it.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, for the images of this stoup
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 488933 4706844
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.513889, 8.865278
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 30′ 50″ N, 8° 51′ 55″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marbke (white)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric, wall mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: around the upper basin side
Inscription Text: "[?] 14 DIC 14 [otoB?] HOC OPUS / FECIT FZANCISC[us] BALDESA[?] [?]"
Inscription Notes: the characters after the second "14" do not appear to complete the date
Inscription Source: transcribed from available images
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain