Monterosso Grana
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Image received from Don Roberto Masticchio
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B01: inscription
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BU01: symbol - shield - coat of arms
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BU01: design element - motifs - scallop - 8
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BU02: symbol - letter - M - crowned
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BU03: symbol - shield - coat of arms
Scene Description: crowned
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BU04: design element - motifs - plant - 8
Scene Description: the actual top may be crowned
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CR01: symbol - letter
Scene Description: several, on the sides
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LB01: symbol - key - keys of St. Peter
Scene Description: patron saint of this church
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LB02: symbol - varied
Scene Description: several more besides the pair of keys: leaves, emblems (?), etc.
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph by Don Roberto Masticchio
Copyright Instructions: Image received from Don Roberto Masticchio
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14955MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Workshop of Zabreri di Pagliero / Credo font / heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa parrocchiale di San Pietro in Vincoli, Monterosso Grana
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter ad vincula
Church Address: via Mistral, 40, 12020 Villa San Pietro, Province of Cuneo, Italy
Site Location: Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SP23 [aka Via Caraglio], in Valle Grana / Val Grana, 20 km W of Cuneo capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Cuneo-Fossano
Font Notes:
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Noted in [http://www.ghironda.com/valgrana/rubriche/vg-arte.htm] [accessed 8 July 2009]: "nella parrocchiale di San Pietro si conserva un meraviglioso fonte battesimale opera dei fratelli Zabreri risalente al 1456." The font consists of an octagonal basin with narrow sides bearing the beginning of the Credo text; the tall underbowl chamfer is slightly curved and is decorated with crowned emblems, charged shields, plants and scallops [NB: on this font a plant takes the place of the most common leaf at the angles]; the usual octagonal centre ring on am otherwise round pedestal stem, the sides of the ring bearing letters (?); the splaying lower base is round-to-octagonal, and is decorated with large leaves, two keys [St. Peter's?], etc.; there are mouldings on the stem and base. Two holy-water stoups "due acquasantiere del '400" are mentioned, as well as the font, in Chiese Romaniche e Gotiche di Piemonte a Vlle d'Aosta [https://www.chieseromaniche.it/Schede/1104-Monterosso-Grana-San-Pietro-in-Vincoli.htm] [accessed 24 August 2025]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Don Roberto Mastacchi for the photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 365988 4919531
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.416667, 7.316667
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 25′ 0″ N, 7° 19′ 0″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: 1) on the sides of the basin
2) on the underbowl
Inscription Text: 1) "Credo / in deum / [...]" [Credo text]
2) [a crowned M]
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: photograph