Brossasco / Brossasch / Brousasc

Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image received from Don Roberto Mastacchi
Results: 6 records
B01: inscription
BU01: symbol - shield
BU02: design element - motifs - foliage
BU03: design element - motifs - scallop - 8
UB01: symbol - varied
INFORMATION
FontID: 15033BRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Chiesa parrocchiale di Sant'Andrea
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: Italy
Location: Cuneo, Piemonte
Directions to Site: Located in the Valle Varaita
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Workshop of the Zabreri di Pagliero / Credo font / heraldic font
Cognate Fonts: Castelmagno and others by this workshop, especially for the basin
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Don Roberto Mastacchio for the photograph of this font
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font by the Zabreri workshop consisting of an octagonal basin with narrow sides bearing and inscription with the Credo all around; on the tall underbowl chamfer, like the font at Castelmagno, are leaves, shields and scallops; the pedestal base has a polygonal centre ring decorated with a variety of symbols (letter P, IHS, interlace symbol of God, etc.), and it is round-to-square below. The metal font cover is round, low-dome shaped.
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 sides of the basin
Inscription Text: [the beginning of the Credo -- transcription not available]
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]