Roma No. 22 / Vaticano
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Results: 5 records
B01: animal - mammal - lion - head
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R01: design element - motifs - moulding
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view of font
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view of basin - interior
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view of basin - detail
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 13053ROM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Date Visited: 2007-06-28
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Museum: Museo Vaticano
Church / Chapel Name: [not in a church]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Church Address: 00120 Vatican City
Site Location: Roma, Lazio, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Vatican city, just S of the Viale Vaticano
Font Notes:
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Bath-tub shaped baptismal font (?) raised on a modern base; pronounced rib at upper end; a lion head decorates the long side; it appears to have no drain [cf. Index entry for Rome No. 21 for a similar object in the same museum]
COORDINATES
UTM: 33T 288867 4642516
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.906389, 12.454444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 54′ 23″ N, 12° 27′ 16″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: tub-shaped, oval
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Drainage System: no drainage system