Como No. 3 / Còmm / Novum Comum
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view of church interior - baptistery
Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptistry (1590), a small circular temple with eight multi-coloured columns; on the ceiling, in a blue sky, the re[p]resention of the Holy Ghost as a dove; the font is an octagonal tank made of Musso marble; the basin depicts eight scenes from the life of St. John the Baptist; Como cathedral, Como, Italy"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © JoJan, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2013 by JoJan [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Como_073.JPG] [accessed 19 October 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-3.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 19472COM
Church/Chapel: Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta [aka Duomo di Como]
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Piazza Duomo, 6, 22100 Como, Italy -- Tel.: +39 031 331 2275
Country Name: Italy
Location: Como, Lombardia
Directions to Site: Located at the SW arm of Lake Como, 40 km N of Milan, border with Switzerland
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese di Como
Font Location in Church: In the baptistery
Date: ca. 1590?
Century and Period: 16th century(late?),
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Unconfirmed source: JoJan [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Como_073.JPG] [accessed 19 October 2014] describes and illustrates the baptistery and font at Como cathedral: "Baptistry (1590), a small circular temple with eight multi-coloured columns; on the ceiling, in a blue sky, the reoresention of the Holy Ghost as a dove; the font is an octagonal tank made of Musso marble; the basin depicts eight scenes from the life of St. John the Baptist". The font cover appears to be made of reddish wood, of octagonal shape with carved sides; statue finial [TO BE COMPLETED]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
45.811794,
9.083928
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
45° 48′ 42.46″ N,
9° 5′ 2.14″ E
UTM: 32T 506521 5073140
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]