Lucca No. 2
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B01: design element - patterns
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Bond (1908)
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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: stylised ribbing
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LB01: design element - patterns - fluted
Scene Description: around the upper half of the stem
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LB02: design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: around the lower half of the stem, in bulbous area
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Bond (1908)
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LB03: design element - motifs - foliage scroll
Scene Description: on the lower base
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R01: design element - motifs - moulding
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human figure - child - crouching or seated
Scene Description: in the centre of the inner well of the basin
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view of church exterior
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 25, 2007
view of font
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INFORMATION
FontID: 11274LUC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Duomo di San Martino / Cathedral
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: Italy
Location: Lucca, Toscana
Directions to Site: Located on Via del Duomo and Via dell'Arcivescovado
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of 17th or 18th century, consisting of a shallow round basin with the stylised moulding and ribbed ornamentation of the period, raised on a round baluster stem decorated with fluting and foliage motifs, and a square lower ornamented with foliage scroll and resting on four ball motifs; in the centre of the basin is a little child or putto.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908