Modena No. 3

Image copyright © Angeles Leal Arroyo, 2021
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 October 2021)
Results: 11 records
animal - fabulous animal or monster - griffin?
design element - motifs - foliage
design element - motifs - scroll
human figure - grotesque or fantastic - head - mascaron
human figure - male - grotesque or fantastic - Green Man or woodwoose - head?
view of basin
view of basin - upper view
view of stoup
view of stoup
view of stoup
INFORMATION
FontID: 18092MOD
Object Type: Stoup
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
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Giovanni Scorcioni for his photographs of this holy-water stoup, all of which were taken days after the earthquake that hit Modena on 3 June 2012. We are also grateful to Angeles Leal Arroyo for her own photographs of this stoup
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup consisting of a large capital-shaped basin decorated with foliated motifs, fabulous avians with open wings in the manner of cherubs in the corners, and at least one human-face mascaron; raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal base, and a small round-to-octagonal lower base. The holy water is contained now in stainless steel basin inserts.
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
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square