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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

Scene Description: [detail]

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Image Source: AMICO Library [PMA_.1930-79-1] [detail

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BBU01: design element - motifs - circle

Scene Description: a row of, all around the upper basin side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1930

Image Source: AMICO Library [PMA_.1930-79-1] [detail

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LB01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: on the capitals of the columns of the base

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1930

Image Source: AMICO Library [PMA_.1930-79-1] [detail

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view of fountain

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1930

Image Source: AMICO Library [PMA_.1930-79-1]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 10047PHI
Museum and Inventory Number: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Church/Chapel: [source unknown]
Country Name: United States
Location: Pennsylvania
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Date: 1125-1150
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Described and illustrated in AMICO as a fountain made of marble originally from the Roussillon in southern France; the basin is decorated with a blind arcade of round arches, and is raised on a columnar base with decorated capitals; dating is given as "1125-50" and the prvenance as a "Gift of Mrs. William W. Fitler in memory of her husband 1930".. [AMICO library rec. id no.: PMA_.1930-79-1] [Philadelphia Museum of Art accession no.: 1930-79-1]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (with Plinth): 256.5
Notes on Measurements: Philadelphia Museum of Art [in AMICO PMA_.1930-79-1]