Roma No. 24 / Vaticano
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Results: 6 records
B01: animal - mammal - lion - head - with ring in the mouth - 2
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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B02: design element - patterns - ribbed - wavy
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R01: design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
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view of font
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view of basin - interior - drain
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view of basin - interior
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 28, 2007
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 13055ROM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Object Details: sarcophagus
Cognate Fonts: others such in the same museum
Museum: Mueso 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
Additional Comments: re-cycled sarcophagus / re-used sarcophagus as font?
Font Notes:
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Rectangular sarcophagus probably re-used as shaped baptismal font, as suggested by the drain in the inside, one of several such objects at the Museo Vaticano; there are large lion heads with rings in their mouths at the narrow ends, and a pattern of symmetrically arranged wavy ribbing all around; the upper rim has a flat moulding, while the lower is round moulded.
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
Font Shape: tub-shaped, oval
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval