Giornico No. 4 / Girnis / Iornico / Iudicibus Giornicensis / Sgiurnì / Yrnis / Zurnigo
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view of basin - fragment
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view of church exterior
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view of church interior
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view of church interior - chancel - rood-screen, choir-screen; iconostasis
Scene Description: a rather uninviting chancel screen; not subtle but highly effective (the metal screen is chained and padlocked)
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19844GIO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)
Church/Chapel: Chiesa di San Pellegrino d'Auxerre
Church Patron Saints: St. Peregrine of Auxerre
Church Location: 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: Inside the church, at the E end, by the steps of the presbitery
Century and Period: 15th century, Gothic
Church Notes: original church consecrated 1345; present building is 15th-16thC
Font Notes:
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A fragment of a moulded basin rests at the east end of the church, by the presbitery steps; it appears to be a much damaged fragment of a Gothic baptismal font basin, perhaps from the 15th-16th expansion of this church. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 13th-14th church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.411899, 8.862426
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 24′ 42.83″ N, 8° 51′ 44.74″ E
UTM: 32T 489427 5139823
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round