Fossano No. 2 / Fossan
Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image received from Don Roberto Mastacchi
Results: 7 records
B01: inscription
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Don Roberto Mastacchi
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BU01: symbol - letter
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Don Roberto Mastacchi
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BU02: design element - motifs - foliage
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BU03: design element - motifs - scallop - 8
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Don Roberto Mastacchi
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CR01: symbol - letter
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph by Don Roberto Mastacchi
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UB01: design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph by Don 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 Don Roberto Mastacchi
Copyright Instructions: Image received from Don Roberto Mastacchi
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15069FOS
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 di San Giovanni
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, to the left of the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: 12045 Fossano CN, Italy
Site Location: Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the E74, in the Borgo Vecchio, off the Via Salmour
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Cuneo-Fossano
Font Notes:
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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.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Don Robero Mastacchi for the photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 399389 4933743
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]