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Image copyright © Lorenzo Carletti and Cristiano Giometti, 2010
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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns with capitals - torsade pattern
view of church exterior - detail
INFORMATION
FontID: 17397MON
Church/Chapel: Abbazia di San Savino [aka Badia di San Savino]
Church Patron Saints: St. Savino
Country Name: Italy
Location: Pisa, Toscana
Directions to Site: Located between the SS1 (W) and the SS206 (E), in the municipality of Cascina, SE of Livorno
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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.
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