Giornico No. 2 / Girnis / Iornico / Iudicibus Giornicensis / Sgiurnì / Yrnis / Zurnigo

Results: 3 records

inscription?

Scene Description: on the old wall-mounted stoup [cf. FontNotes]

view of stoup

Scene Description: the old wall-mounted stoup

view of stoup

Scene Description: a free-standing stoup of late date

INFORMATION

FontID: 19842GIO
Church/Chapel: Chiesa di San Nicolao
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Zona Chiesa 12, 6745 Giornico, Switzerland
Country Name: Switzerland
Location: Ticino / Tessin
Directions to Site: Located N of Lucarno
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Lugano
Historical Region: Val Leventina
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted by the entrance
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: church documented by 1202
Wall mounted holy-water stoup located by the entranceway; the object is roughly quadrangular, though rather irregular, with a Greek cross carved on its front; there appear to be letters carved on each arm of the cross [alpha and omega on the horizontal arms? tau and ypsilon on the vertical arms?] [NB: the present font in this church [cf. Index entry Giornico No. 1] was originally from the nearby Chiesa di San Michele, also in Giornico -- NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.4005, 8.87426
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 24′ 1.8″ N, 8° 52′ 27.34″ E
UTM: 32T 490334 5138555

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Greek?
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]