Roma No. 16 / Vaticano
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Image and Permission received (e-mail of 15/3/2004)
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B01: inscription
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2008
Image Source: Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (e-mail of 15/3/2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2008
Image Source: Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (e-mail of 15/3/2004)
INFORMATION
FontID: 09354ROM
Church/Chapel: Chiesa di S. Marco
Church Patron Saints: St. Mark
Country Name: Italy
Location: Roma, Lazio
Directions to Site: Located in Piazza Venezia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: , Early Christian? / Medieval?
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
A cylindrical vessel made of marble that apears re-used, perhaps from an original Roman column(?); an inscription of irregular lettering has been incised on the sides. The basin, which has a metal insert, is mounted on three (?) small quadrangular blocks. [We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, for the image of this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble?
Number of Pieces: four?
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: on the sides of the basin
Inscription Text: [transcription not available]
Inscription Source: [cf. Image area]