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 basin - detail
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view of basin - interior
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view of font
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 28, 2007
INFORMATION
FontID: 13053ROM
Museum and Inventory Number: Museo Vaticano
Church/Chapel: [not in a church]
Country Name: Italy
Location: Roma, Lazio
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble
Font Shape: tub-shaped (oval)
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval