Modena No. 2

Image copyright © Giovanni Scorcioni, 2012

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Results: 24 records

LID01: design element - patterns - reticular

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Giovanni Scorcioni, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 June 2012 by Giovanni Scorcione for BSI

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LID02: design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 June 2012 by Giovanni Scorcione for BSI

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LID03: design element - motifs - garland

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 June 2012 by Giovanni Scorcione for BSI

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LID04: angel - cherub

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 June 2012 by Giovanni Scorcione for BSI

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LID05: symbol - shield - emblem - See of Modena-Nonantola

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 June 2012 by Giovanni Scorcione for BSI

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UB01: animal - mammal - ram - head - 4

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 June 2012 by Giovanni Scorcione for BSI

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UB01: design element - patterns - ribbed

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 June 2012 by Giovanni Scorcione for BSI

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view of church exterior - east end - apse - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sailko, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2007 by sailko [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modena_Cathedral] [accessed 29 June 2012]

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view of church exterior - east end - apse - detail

Scene Description: inscription: "Marmorib[us] sculptis dom[us] hec micat undiq[ue] pulchris Qua corpus S[an]c[t]i requiescit Geminiani Que[m] plenu[m] laudis terraru[m] celebrat orbis Nosq[ue] magis quos pascit alit vestitq[ue] ministri Qui petit ic veram menbris animeq[ue] medela[m] [---] recta redit hincq[ue] salute recepta Ingenio clarus Lanfrancus doctus et aptus Est operis princeps huius rectorq[ue] magister Quo fieri cepit demonstrat littera presens Ante dies quintus Iunii tunc fulserat Idus Anni post mille Domini nonaginta novemq[ue] Hos utiles facto versus composuit Aimo Bocalinus Massarius Sancti Ieminiani Hoc opus fieri fecit" [source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Duomo_di_modena,_magister_lanfranco_plaque_02.JPG [accessed 29 June 2012]]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sailko, 2007

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 29 June 2007 by sailko [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modena_Cathedral] [accessed 29 June 2012]

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view of church exterior - east end - apse - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sailko, 2007

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 29 June 2007 by sailko [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modena_Cathedral] [accessed 29 June 2012]

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view of church exterior - east view - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Angeles Leal Arroyo, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 23 September 2021 by Angeles Leal Arroyo

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 October 2021)

view of church exterior - north portal - detail

Scene Description: Porta della Pescheria, on the north side of the cathedral; the carving on the archivolt has been interpreted as an early Arthurian scene [cf. Stokstad, Marilyn (1991), "Modena Archivolt", in Lacy, Norris J., The New Arthurian Encyclopedia, New York: Garland, pp. 324–326] [www.markadderley.net/arthur/lancelot-and-guinevere/modena.html] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modena_Cathedral] [accessed 29 June 2012]]

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 March 2006 by Robert Aho [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PESCHERIA.jpg] [accessed 29 June 2012]

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view of church exterior - south porch

Scene Description: the 'Porta Regia', opening onto Piazza Grande, the work of the Maestri Campionesi

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sailko, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2007 by sailko http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Duomo_di_modena_06.JPG] [accessed 29 June 2012]

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view of church exterior - west façade

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2004 by Icco80 [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Modena_duomo.jpg] [accessed 29 June 2012]

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view of church exterior - west portal

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Angeles Leal Arroyo, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 23 September 2021 by Angeles Leal Arroyo

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 October 2021)

view of church exterior - west view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Giovanni Scorcioni, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 June 2012 by Giovanni Scorcione for BSI

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view of church exterior - west view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Angeles Leal Arroyo, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 23 September 2021 by Angeles Leal Arroyo

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 October 2021)

view of church exterior - west view - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Giovanni Scorcioni, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 June 2012 by Giovanni Scorcione for BSI

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view of church interior - baptistery

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 June 2012 by Giovanni Scorcione for BSI

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view of church interior - baptistery - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Giovanni Scorcioni, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 June 2012 by Giovanni Scorcione for BSI

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © OrsOrazio, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 November 2006 by OrsOrazio [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duomo_di_Modena] [accessed 29 June 2012]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Giovanni Scorcioni, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 June 2012 by Giovanni Scorcione for BSI

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Giovanni Scorcioni, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 June 2012 by Giovanni Scorcione for BSI

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view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Giovanni Scorcioni, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 June 2012 by Giovanni Scorcione for BSI

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INFORMATION

FontID: 18091MOD
Church/Chapel: Duomo di Modena [aka Cattedrale Metropolitana di Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo e San Geminiano]
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary & St. Geminiani
Church Location: Corso Duomo - 41121 Modena -- tel. (+39).059.216.078
Country Name: Italy
Location: Modena, Emilia-Romagna
Directions to Site: Located in the old centre of town, on Corso Duomo, off Via Emilia Centro, a block from the Comune di Modena
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Modena (Arcidiocesi di Modena-Nonantola)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century, Baroque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Giovanni Scorcioni for his photographs of this church and font, all of which were taken days after the earthquake that hit Modena on 3 June 2012. We are also gratefult to Angeles Leal Arroyo for her photographs of this church.
Church Notes: "Two previous churches had been constructed on the site since the 5th century, but they had both been destroyed. Work on the modern Cathedral began in 1099, under the direction of the master builder Lanfranco, over the site of the sepulchre of Saint Geminianus, Modena's patron saint. The Saint's remains are still exhibited in the cathedral's crypt. The present cathedral was consecrated by Pope Lucius III on July 12, 1184." [source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modena_Cathedral -- Eng. extract from www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/39175 & Enciclopedia dei santi (Bibliotheca sanctorum)] -- photo essay of exterior in www.medioevo.org/artemedievale/Pages/EmiliaRomagna/DuomoModenaFacciata.html [accessed 29 June 2012]]
Studied and illustrated in Cavicchioli (2001). Baptismal font of pink marble consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with mouldings and ribbed patterns, raised on a round-to-square baluster base decorated with ram heads. The cover, also of pink marble, consists of a quasi-cylindrical base and a dome top; the sides of the base are decorated with garlands and cherubs, the dome itself with fleurs de lis in a reticular pattern; ball finial; the side of the base of the cover opens to give access to the baptismal water. [NB: we have no information on the font from the 1088 church here built by Lanfranco, nor do we have any information on the fonts from the two earlier churches here, both of them destroyed before the 11th century].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 44.64625, 10.925667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 44° 38′ 46.5″ N, 10° 55′ 32.4″ E
UTM: 32T 652703 4945458

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (pink)
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: 17th - 18th century?
Material: stone, marble (pink)
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Cavicchioli, Sonia, "Il fonte battesimale del Duomo di Modena: nuovi documenti sulla committenza e il progetto", 23, ser.11 (2001), Atti e memorie, 2001, pp. p. 159-110; r["References"]