Montione
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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns with capitals - torsade pattern
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lorenzo Carletti and Cristiano Giometti, 2010
Image Source: illustration in Carletti & Guometti, 2010
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of church exterior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Attilakk, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 September 2006 by Attilakk [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sansavino_cascina.jpg]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lorenzo Carletti and Cristiano Giometti, 2010
Image Source: illustration in Carletti & Guometti, 2010
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17397MON
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Abbazia di San Savino [aka Antica Badia di San Savino], Montione
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Savino
Church Notes: founding of the abbey documented on 30 April 780
Church Address: Via Vecchia Fiorentina, 256, 56021 Cascina PI, Italy -- Tel.: +39 050 772645
Site Location: Pisa, Toscana, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located between the SS1 (W) and the SS206 (E), in the municipality of Cascina, SE of Livorno
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Pisa
Additional Comments: the parish church of this village, Chiesa di S. Stefano di Montione, appears to be in ruins [do Index entry if appropriate for missing font]
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Carletti & Giometti (2010) as a holy-water stoup probably of the 12th century. It consists of a round tapering basin decorated with a blind (?) arcade of round arches on torsade pillars with foliated capitals; raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal base.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 617748 4838983
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.69453, 10.46117
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 41′ 40.31″ N, 10° 27′ 40.21″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Carletti, Lorenzo, Pietre vecchie ma non antiche: compendi di scultura pisana medievale fino all'età di Giotto, Ospedaletto (Pisa): Pacini, 2010, p. 52