Castelmagno / Chastèlmanh
Results: 16 records
B01: inscription
BU01: design element - motifs - foliage
BU01: design element - motifs - scallop - 8
BU02: design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis
BU03: symbol - shield - coat of arms - unidentified
BU05: design element - motifs - rope moulding
CR01: design element - motifs - rope moulding
LB01: design element - motifs - rope moulding
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15026CAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Workshop of Zabreri di Pagliero / Credo font / heraldic font
Cognate Fonts: others by the same workshop
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa parrocchiale di S. Ambrogio, Castelmagno
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Ambrose
Site Location: Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Val Grana / Valgrana, 25 km W of Cuneo, 80 km SW of Torino
Ecclesiastic Region: Dicesi di Cuneo-Fossano
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Mastacchi & Knapinski (2008) as a baptismal font of the Zabreri brothers of Pagliaro, bearing an inscription on the upper basin sides with the initial words of the Credo; the basin is octagonal on the outside, the narrow side bearing the inscription; a variety of motifs and symbols [star, shield, vegetal, etc.] and a rope moulding decorate the underbowl; on a round stem with round and rope mouldings, and a plain octagonal lower base.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Don Roberto Mastacchio for the photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 354686 4917847
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.399333, 7.175242
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 23′ 57.6″ N, 7° 10′ 30.87″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the sides of the basin
Inscription Text: "[...] / patrem / [...]"
[beginning of Credo text -- transcription not available]
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Mastacchi, Roberto, "Il simbolo defli Apostoli: il simbolo della fede nella catechesi e nell'arte", 13/2/2008, Il centro culturale Gli scritti, 2008