Giornico No. 2 / Girnis / Iornico / Iudicibus Giornicensis / Sgiurnì / Yrnis / Zurnigo
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inscription?
Scene Description: on the old wall-mounted stoup [cf. FontNotes]
view of stoup
Scene Description: a free-standing stoup of late date
view of stoup
Scene Description: the old wall-mounted stoup
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19842GIO
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa di San Nicolao a Giornico
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted by the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Notes: church documented by 1202
Church Address: Zona Chiesa 12, 6745 Giornico, Switzerland
Site Location: Ticino / Tessin, Switzerland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the E35/2, about 30 km N of Bellinzona, 40 km N of Lucarno
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Lugano
Historical Region: Val Leventina
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12th-13thC original church here)
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 32T 490334 5138555
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.4005, 8.87426
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 24′ 1.8″ N, 8° 52′ 27.34″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Greek?
Inscription Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]