Diecimo in Borgo a Mozzano
Image copyright © Condato Lucchese, 2020
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R01: design element - motifs - knob - 6
Scene Description: five of them are bullit-shaped; the sixth, mushroom-shaped with foliage decoration
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view of church exterior - north view
Scene Description: with the tower at the east end, along the apse
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sailko, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 6 August 2012 by Sailko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieve_di_santa_maria_a_diecimo_02.JPG] [accessed 6 April 2020]
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view of church exterior - west façade
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view of church exterior - west portal - detail
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view of church exterior - west portal - lintel
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view of church exterior in context
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view of font
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kroesen & Steensma, 2004
Image Source: Kroesen and Steensma (2004)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 10850DIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font2
Church/Chapel: Pieve di Santa Maria Assunta
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Via S. Giovanni Leonardi, 55023 Diecimo LU, Italy
Country Name: Italy
Location: Lucca, Toscana
Directions to Site: Located off the SP2-SP32 crossroads, SE and in the municipality of Borgo a Mozzano, 15-20 km N of Lucca capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Lucca
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, S aisle
Century and Period: 12th - 14th century, Medieval
Church Notes: church started early-12thC by Matilde di Canossa
Font Notes:
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Kroesen and Steensma (2004) write: "The hexagonal basin in Diecimo, which dates from c. 1300, is very simple, with smooth knobs on the corner posts[...] It is standing on a wide round pedestal [i.e., plinth] at the western end of the southern aisle." Illustrated in Condato Lucchese [http://www.contadolucchese.it/Pagina Pievi Romaniche/Diecimo/Fonte_battesimale.jpg] [accessed 6 April 2020]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.963716, 10.502982
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 57′ 49.38″ N, 10° 30′ 10.73″ E
UTM: 32T 620574 4868941
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal (raised tank)
Basin Interior Shape: hexagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
REFERENCES
Kroesen, Justin E.A., The Interior of the medieval village church = Het middeleeuwse Dorpskerkinterieur, Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters, 2004