Caraglio / Caraj / Caralh

Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image received from Don Roberto Mastacchi
Results: 9 records
B01: inscription
BU01: design element - motifs - foliage
BU02: coat of arms - unidentified
BU03: design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis
BU04: design element - motifs - scallop - 8
BU05: design element - motifs - rope moulding
CR01: symbol - varied
LB02: design element - motifs - rope moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 15034CAR
Church/Chapel: [unknown]
Country Name: Italy
Location: Cuneo, Piemonte
Directions to Site: Located in Valle Grana
Century and Period: 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Workshop of the Zabreri di Pagliero / Credo font / heraldic font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Don Roberto Mastacchio for the photograph of this font
Church Notes: there are three churches in Caraglio: the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta, San Giovanni Battista and Santi Pietro e Paolo -- we have no infromation on which one the font is at
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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 many of the Zabreri fonts, there are leaves, shields, scallops, etc.; the pedestal base starts round and is decorated with a rope moulding, but has a polygonal centre ring decorated with a variety of symbols (quadruped, charged shield, cross, etc.), and it is round-to-octagonal below, decorated with two rope mouldings.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble
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: "[...]MINE / PATRIS+ / ET FILII+ / [...]"
[the beginning of the Credo -- full transcription not available]