Poggio Cupro No. 2

Results: 5 records

B01: inscription

BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed

CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: girdling the stem of the base

LB01: design element - motifs - floral - rose

Scene Description: loks like a Tudor rose

P01: design element - motifs - foliage - 4

Scene Description: one at each angle of the lower volume

INFORMATION

FontID: 09137POG
Church/Chapel: Chiesa di San Salvatore
Church Patron Saints: Our Saviour
Country Name: Italy
Location: Ancona, Marche
Directions to Site: Located 13 km S of Jesi, itself 25 km SW of Ancona capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century, Renaissance
Cognate Fonts: The baptismal font in this temple is of the same type and style
Catalogued and illustrated in La chiesa di Jesi (2000: 290) as item 361: stone holy-water stoup of the 16th century consisting of a very shallow round basin raised on a slender stem girdled in the middle by a rng moulding and a quadrangular multi-part base. The narrow side of the basin is framed between two thin flat mouldings and has a running inscription, while the underbowl has ribbed pattern all around. The stem of the base is raised on a square lower base that has a rose motif on the front. A lower volume, also quadrangular, has what appears to be foliage motif at the corners. [cf. Index entry for Poggio Cupro No. 1 for a baptismal font of similar design in this church].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble?
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 72.5 cm
Font Height (with Plinth): 103 cm
Notes on Measurements: La chiesa di Jesi (2000: 290)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: Only partly visible in the source
Inscription Location: on the side of the basin
Inscription Text: "[...] DOMINE [...]OPO ET [...]"
Inscription Source: La chiesa di Jesi (2000: 290)

REFERENCES

La chiesa di Jesi, Jesi: Diocesi di Jesi, 2000