Roma No. 23 / Vaticano

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Results: 6 records

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CR01: design element - motifs - floral and foliage

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 28, 2007

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CR02: design element - patterns - fretwork - Grecian / Greek

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 28, 2007

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LB01: animal - mammal - lion - claw - with a lion head - 4

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 28, 2007

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R01: design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 28, 2007

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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 28, 2007

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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 28, 2007

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13054ROM

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Museum: Museo Vaticano

Church / Chapel Name: [not in a church]

Font Location in Church: [in a museum]

Site Location: Roma, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Directions to Site: Located in the Vatican city, just S of the Viale Vaticano

Font Notes: Click to view

Large baptismal font (?) consisting of a shallow dish-like marble basin decorated with a simple flat moulding at the upper rim, the surface on which the underbowl rests decorated with a row of gilded rosettes in foliage, and a band of fret pattern; the four legs are large feline claws, each topped with a lion head.

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: round, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round