San Giovanni di Sinis No. 1
Image copyright © Brian Alvars Catlos, 2013
Image and permission received (e-mail of 5 September 2013)
Results: 5 records
view of church exterior - east end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 July 2004 by Joan [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Giovanni_di_Sinis_3.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2013]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Norbert Nagel, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2013 by Norbert Nagel [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Church_San_Giovanni_di_Sinis_-_Cabras_-_Sardinia_-_Italy_-_02.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2013]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Brian Alvars Catlos, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken in June 2013 by Brian Alvars Catlos for BSI
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view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paolobon1 40, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 January 2013 by Paolobon 1 40 [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:San_Giovanni_di_Sinis_facciata.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2013]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Brian Alvars Catlos, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken in June 2013 by Brian Alvars Catlos for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 5 September 2013)
INFORMATION
FontID: 18642SIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: San Giovanni di Sinis, Cabras
Country Name: Italy
Location: Oristano, Sardegna
Directions to Site: Located near Cabras, in its municipality, 20 km from Oristano, 90 km NW of Cagliari
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Oristano
Century and Period: 6th - 10th century, Early Christian
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Dr. Brian Alvars Catlos for his photographs of this church
Church Notes: Byzantine-period church from the 6thC, with 9th-10thC expansion -- may have been originaly an Early-Christian burial temple
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the baptismal font(s) of the early church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 39.886014, 8.435778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 39° 53′ 9.65″ N, 8° 26′ 8.8″ E
UTM: 32S 4415258 451758
REFERENCES
Coroneo, Roberto, Chiese romaniche della Corsica: architettura e scultura (XI-XIII secolo), Cagliari: A.V., 2006