Palermo No. 2
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Results: 8 records
B01: design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: a row ball motif on the basin side
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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
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LB01: human figure - male - atlante
Scene Description: holding up the basin
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LB02: angel - cherub
Scene Description: at the foot of the atlante
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view of stoup in context
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view of stoup
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view of font canopy, baldachin - canopy
Scene Description: decorated with scenes, figures, motifs, etc.
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view of stoup and canopy, baldachin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2008
Image Source: Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net] for BSI
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09411PAL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century
Cognate Fonts: the other stoup in the cathedral, in similar style, but not identical
Church / Chapel Name: Cattedrale di Santa Maria dell'Assunta, Palermo / Basilica Cattedrale Metropolitana Primaziale di Palermo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: Via Vittorio Emanuele, 490, 90134 Palermo PA, Italy -- Tel.: +39 091 334373
Site Location: Palermo, Sicilia, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located towards the E side of the historical centre of the city, just SE of the Catacombe di Porta d'Ossuna
Font Notes:
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One of two magnificent marble holy-water stoups in the cathedral. Both are designed in the same general style, with the stoup itself -basin and base- rather subdued under the tall ornate backdrop and canopy. There are differences in the particular details of the ornamentation, the scenes represented in the backdrop and the figure of the finial. [We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, for the images of this stoup]. [cf. Index entry for Palermo No. 3 for the other stoup, and for Palermo No. 4 for a magnificent baptismal font of the late 18th century in this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 33S 355958 4219750
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 38.114099, 13.356888
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 38° 6′ 50.75″ N, 13° 21′ 24.8″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: other (shell-shaped, mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: other (shell-shaped)
Basin Exterior Shape: other (shell shaped)