Naples No. 2 / Nápoles / Napoli
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Napoli, duomo, Battistero di San Giovanni in Fonte"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Berthold Werner, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 16 May 2013 by Berthold Werner [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battistero_di_San_Giovanni_in_Fonte_-_Napoli_-_2013-05-16.jpg] [accessed 8 November 2023]
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![Source caption: "Battistero di San Giovanni in Fonte, Naples - reseivoir" [sic] -- showing the water feed conduit on the side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1231108018_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Battistero di San Giovanni in Fonte, Naples - reseivoir" [sic] -- showing the water feed conduit on the side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dominik Matus, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 7 April 2017 by Dominik Matus [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battistero_di_San_Giovanni_in_Fonte,_Naples_-_DM_-_024.jpg] [accessed 8 November 2023]
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view of baptistery exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Esterno di Duomo di Napoli. Lato nord. Battistero di San Giovanni in Fonte."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dominik Matus, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 7 April 2017 by Dominik Matus [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duomo_di_Napoli_-_esterno_08.jpg] [accessed 8 November 2023]
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view of baptistery interior - ceiling - mosaic
Scene Description: Source caption: "Battistero di San Giovanni in Fonte, Naples"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dominik Matus, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 7 April 2017 by Dominik Matus [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battistero_di_San_Giovanni_in_Fonte,_Naples_-_DM_-_016.jpg] [accessed 8 November 2023]
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view of baptistery interior - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Battistero di San Giovanni in Fonte, Naples - column capital"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dominik Matus, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 7 April 2017 by Dominik Matus [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battistero_di_San_Giovanni_in_Fonte,_Naples_-_DM_-_034.jpg] [accessed 8 November 2023]
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view of baptistery interior
Scene Description: Source caption: "Battistero di San Giovanni in Fonte, Naples"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dominik Matus, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 7 April 2017 by Dominik Matus [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battistero_di_San_Giovanni_in_Fonte,_Naples_-_DM_-_035.jpg] [accessed 8 November 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of baptistery interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n., s.d.]
Image Source: digital image from postcard; provided by Montserrat Estela
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08743NAP
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Font Century and Period/Style: 4th century (?), Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Battistero di San Giovanni in Fonte
Font Location in Church: inside the baptistery building
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Address: Via Duomo, 80138 Napoli NA, Italy
Site Location: Napoli, Campania, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: the baptistery is located in the Centro Storico, N of the Via Maritima and the harbour, attached to the Basilica di Santa Restituta
Additional Comments: disused font (no longer used for baptisms)
Font Notes:
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The baptismal font is circular and sunken, with a low rim at floor level; the inner side opposite the entranceway has a large conduit, presumably for the water feed into the font. No cover. The ceilings of the baptistery building retain some frescoes.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela for bringing this font to our attention
COORDINATES
UTM: 33T 437572 4522681
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.852806, 14.259353
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 51′ 10.1″ N, 14° 15′ 33.67″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: sunken font, round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: side drain/feed
Drainage Notes: no lining [cf. ImagesArea]