Vico Pisano No. 2 / Vicopisano

INFORMATION

FontID: 17392VIC
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Pieve di Santa Maria e S. Giovanni
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. John
Country Name: Italy
Location: Pisa, Toscana
Directions to Site: Located about 15 kms E of Pisa (the city), 50 km W of Florence
Font Location in Church: Located to the right of the main entrance
Century and Period: [composite stoup], Etrusan, Roman [composite]
Font Notes:
The site of the Comune di Vicopisano [www.comune.vicopisano.pi.it] notes two holy-water stoups; one is located to the right of the main entrance [cf. Index entry for Vicopisano No. 1 for the other stoup in this church]; it is a composite object made up of an almost spherical basin carved from an Etruscan marble, raised on an inverted Roman capital of Corinthian design, and a poligonal lower base that appears modern. We have no information on the period when the object was put together.

COORDINATES

UTM: 32T 627616 4837920

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round