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: symbol - shield - 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
Font ID: 15034CAR
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: [unknown]
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
Church Address: CC8M+M88 Caraglio, Province of Cuneo, Italy
Site Location: Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SP422, in Valle Grana, 10 km NW of Cuneo, 80 km SW of Turin
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Saluzzo
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 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.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Don Roberto Mastacchio for the photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 375276 4919346
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.416667, 7.433333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 25′ 0″ N, 7° 26′ 0″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the basin sides
Inscription Text: "[...]MINE / PATRIS+ / ET FILII+ / [...]"
[the beginning of the Credo -- full transcription not available]
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]