Cuneo No. 2 / Coni

Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image received from Don Roberto Mastacchi
Results: 9 records
B01: inscription
BU01: Christ - monogram - IHS
BU02: symbol - shield - emblem - cross
BU03: design element - motifs - foliage
BU04: design element - motifs - scallop - 8
CR01: design element - motifs - rope moulding
LB01: design element - motifs - rope moulding
UB01: design element - motifs
INFORMATION
FontID: 15066CUN
Church/Chapel: Chiesa parrocchiale di Sant'Ambrogio
Church Patron Saints: St. Ambrose
Country Name: Italy
Location: Cuneo, Piemonte
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Workshop of the Zabreri di Pagliero / Credo font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Don Roberto Mastacchi for the photograph of this font
Font Notes: Click to view 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.
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 basin sides
Inscription Text: [Credo text -- transcription not available]