Caprona
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view of font
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Image Source: digital photographed taken June 25, 2007 by BSI
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view of basin - interior
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view of basin - upper view - detail
Scene Description: notice how worn some of the sides are; was this the result of the font being used as a water trough? for sharpening farm tools?
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view of basin - upper view
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view of basin
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view of church exterior
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view of church exterior
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view of font in context
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view of church interior
Scene Description: the font on the right-hand side
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view of church exterior - façade
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13042CAP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2007-06-25
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Pieve di Santa Giulia, Caprona
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Julia [aka Giulia of Corsica, Julia of Carthage]
Church Notes: 11thC church; much modidifed since
Church Address: Località Santa Giulia, 56010 Vicopisano PI, Italy -- Tel.: +39 050 789076
Site Location: Pisa, Toscana, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SP2, on the N/W bank of the Arno river, 8-10 km E of Pisa
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Pisa
Additional Comments: damaged font / abandoned font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Large octagonal baptismal font, slightly wider at the top, the sides totally plain; the basin is raised on an octagonal plinth, and located in a gap in the side of the nave; the basin has been damaged and repaired, and several of the sides of the upper rim, which may be the result of the font having been used as a trough or other farm uses when it was damaged and abandoned between 1433 and 1597 [cf. http://www.comune.vicopisano.pi.it/turismo/territorio/frazioni/caprona/santa%20giulia.htm [accessed 8 July 2007].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Annamaria Ducci for her help in documenting this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 620959 4840975
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.71194, 10.50145
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 42′ 42.98″ N, 10° 30′ 5.22″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble?
Font Shape: octagonal, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin