Monasterolo di Savigliano

Image copyright © Roberto Mastacchi, 2009
Image received from Don Roberto Mastacchi
Results: 7 records
B01: inscription
BU01: symbol - cross
BU02: coat of arms - unidentified
BU03: design element - motifs - foliage
BU04: design element - motifs - scallop - 8
CR01: symbol - letter
INFORMATION
FontID: 15070SAV
Church/Chapel: [Parish Church?]
Country Name: Italy
Location: Cuneo, Piemonte
Directions to Site: Located near Savigliano
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 por 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 [cross, shield bearing a coat of arms, emblem, inscription, etc.]; the pedestal base is a combination of a moulded round top, and octagonal centre ring with initials (?) on the sides, and the usual leaves on the angles and the scallops at the bottom; round lower base. The font cover is a metal low-dome.
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: 1)on the basin sides; 2)on the underbowl
Inscription Text: 1) "[...] in deum / patrem / [...]"
2) "Fr[...] / IHS [...]"
Inscription Source: photograph
LID INFORMATION
Material:
metal,
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal low dome with small orb-and-cross finial