Fossano No. 2

Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image received from Don Roberto Mastacchi
Results: 7 records
B01: inscription
BU01: symbol - letter
BU02: design element - motifs - foliage
BU03: design element - motifs - scallop - 8
CR01: symbol - letter
UB01: design element - motifs - moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 15069FOS
Church/Chapel: Chiesa di San Giovanni
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: Italy
Location: Cuneo, Piemonte
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, to the left of the entrance
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 Robero Mastacchi for the photograph of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font of the characteristic design of the Zabreri brothers' workshop: octagonal basin with narrow sides bearing the beginning of the Credo text, tall underbowl chamfer with leaves at the angles, scallops below and, in the centre of each side, a symbol [two of them are the letters A and M]; the pedestal base is a combination of a moulded round top, and octagonal centre ring with initials (?) on the sides, and a round-to-octagonal lower base.
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: "+ Credo / in deum / patrem / [...]" [full transcription not available]