Cuneo No. 2 / Coni

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Image received from Don Roberto Mastacchi

Results: 9 records

B01: inscription

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Image Source: digital photograph by Roberto Mastacchi
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BU01: Christ - monogram - IHS

Scene Description: at least on one of the sides
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Image Source: digital photograph by Roberto Mastacchi
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BU02: symbol - shield - emblem - cross

Scene Description: at least on one of the sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph by Roberto Mastacchi
Copyright Instructions: Image received from Don Roberto Mastacchi

BU03: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: at the angles of the underbowl chamfer
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph by Roberto Mastacchi
Copyright Instructions: Image received from Don Roberto Mastacchi

BU04: design element - motifs - scallop - 8

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CR01: design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph by Roberto Mastacchi
Copyright Instructions: Image received from Don Roberto Mastacchi

LB01: design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph by Roberto Mastacchi
Copyright Instructions: Image received from Don Roberto Mastacchi

UB01: design element - motifs

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph by Roberto Mastacchi
Copyright Instructions: Image received from Don Roberto Mastacchi

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph by Roberto Mastacchi
Copyright Instructions: Image received from Don Roberto Mastacchi

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15066CUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Workshop of Zabreri di Pagliero / Credo font
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa parrocchiale di Sant'Ambrogio
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Ambrose
Church Address: Via Teatro Giovanni Toselli, 3, 12100 Cuneo CN, Italy -- Tel.: +39 0171 692472
Site Location: Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SS20, towards the N area of the city centre
Font Notes:
Baptismal font made of marble by the Zabreri workshop of Pagliero in the 15th century; it consists of an octagonal basin with narrow sides decorated with the beginning of the Credo text; the underbowl has leaves at the angles and scallops at the bottom; over the latter is has shields and emblems alternating on the sides, and the bottom of the underbowl is decorated with a rope moulding; the stem is cylindrical but has a broader octagonal ring with decorated sides; the splaying lower base is round-to-octagonal, with a rope moulding at the top.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Don Roberto Mastacchi for the photograph of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 32T 384765 4916643
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.39391, 7.55309
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 23′ 38.08″ N, 7° 33′ 11.12″ 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 basin sides
Inscription Text: [Credo text -- transcription not available]
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]