Roma No. 29
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the modern font and cover
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: the church entranceway now in use; it was opened in the late-1940s on Via dei Fori Imperiali
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: the old entrance, through the Temple of Romulus, now disused
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anthony Majanlahti, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2005 by Anthony Majanlahti [www.flickr.com/photos/93226994@N00/14690301] [accessed 23 April 2015]
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view of church interior - chancel - apse
Scene Description: the mosaics depicting Christ's Parousia
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view of font cover
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19836ROM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Basilica Santi Cosma e Damiano / Titulus Ss. Cosmae et Damiani
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cosmas & St. Damian
Church Notes: former imperial building became church in 527; major restoration 17thC
Church Address: Via dei Fori Imperiali, 1, 00186 Roma, Italy -- Tel.: +39 06 0608
Site Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Roman Forum of Vespasian
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the medieval font(s) of this church)
Font Notes:
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The present font is rather mothern; it consists of a round basin decorated with a pronounced lip-moulding and a scotia, with ribbed or gadrooned pattern on the underbowl, raised on a round moulded pedestal base; domed metal cover also ribbed, with orb-and-cross finial; this font is located in an alcove off the nave, behind a locked metal railing. [NB: we have no information on the earlier fonts of this church].
COORDINATES
UTM: 33T 291556 4640845
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.892063, 12.487431
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 53′ 31.43″ N, 12° 29′ 14.75″ E