Vico Pisano No. 2 / Vicopisano

INFORMATION

Font ID: 17392VIC
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: [composite stoup], Etrusan, Roman [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Pieve di Santa Maria e San Giovanni [aka Santa Maria Addolorata e San Giovanni Apostolo]
Font Location in Church: Located to the right of the main entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin & St. John
Site Location: Pisa, Toscana, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SP38, about 15 kms E of Pisa (the city), 50 km W of Florence
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Pisa
Additional Comments: composite stoup: made up of re-cycled Etruscan, Roman and modern parts
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