Manta

Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image received from Don Roberto Mastacchi
Results: 7 records
B01: inscription
BU01: design element - motifs - foliage
BU02: design element - motifs - scallop - 8
CR01: symbol - letter
LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
UB01: design element - motifs - moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 14958MAN
Church/Chapel: Chiesa parrochiale di Santa Maria degli Angeli
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Italy
Location: Cuneo, Piemonte
Directions to Site: Located in Paesi di San Dalmazzo
Date: 1450
Century and Period: 15th century (mid), Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Workshop of the Zabreri di Pagliero / Credo stoup
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Don Roberto Mastacchi for the photograph of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
"prezioso fonte battesimale del 1450, commissionato dal Castellano agli Zabreri, artisti della Val Maira per l'Antica parrocchiale del Castello e trasferito all'attuale dimora alcune decine d'anni fa" [source: http://www.paesidisandalmazzo.eu/manta/turismo.html [accessed 8 July 2009]]. Much like the font at Fossano, with the beginning of the Credo text on the basin sides, and letters on the protruding octagonal ring of the otherwise round pedestal base; the underbowl is decorated with the usual foliage and scallop motifs.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on the basin sides
Inscription Text: "Credo / in deum / patrem / omni[...]" [full transcription not available]
Inscription Source: photograph
LID INFORMATION
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: low octagonal pyramid with knob handle