Como No. 2 / Còmm / Novum Comum
Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2014
Image and permission received (e-mail of 24 August 2014)
Results: 4 records
view of stoup in context
Scene Description: at the west end of the nave, north side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 August 2014 by Juan Antonio Olañeta
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view of stoup - detail
Scene Description: the dog-looking cub
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2014
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 14 August 2014 by Juan Antonio Olañeta
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animal - mammal - lioness - couchant - with prey - with cub
Scene Description: stylophore lioness; the hold of the lioness on the prey appears protective, rather than aggressive -- notice the sucking cub on the side of the lioness
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 August 2014 by Juan Antonio Olañeta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 24 August 2014)
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 August 2014 by Juan Antonio Olañeta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 24 August 2014)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19471COM
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century [lioness only], Medieval / composite
Cognate Fonts: The Duomo at Jesi has two other such stoups
Church / Chapel Name: Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta [aka Duomo di Como]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the west end, north side
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: Piazza Duomo, 6, 22100 Como, Italy -- Tel.: +39 031 331 2275
Site Location: Como, Lombardia, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the SW arm of Lake Como, 40 km N of Milan, border with Switzerland
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese di Como
Additional Comments: re-cycled stoup / composite stoup (said to be a 11th-12thC stylophore lioness brought from Santa Maria Maggiore)
Font Notes:
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One of the two stoups in the cathedral church, a composite work that incorporates a stylophore couchant lioness originaly from the church of Santa Maria Maggiore; the stoup consists of a hemispherical basin with a torus-scotia pattern, raised on a couchant lioness with prey between its paws (the position of the 'prey' denotes protection by the lioness), and a tiny cub (?) sucking at her side; on top of a lower base with scrolled side decoration. [cf. Index entry for Como No. 1 for an almost identical stoup across nave at the west end]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com] for his photographs of this stoup
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 506521 5073140
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.811794, 9.083928
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 48′ 42.46″ N, 9° 5′ 2.14″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round