Chiggiogna
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view of font
Scene Description: the later font in this church
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view of font and cover
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church interior - chancel
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: showing the location of the two late stoups
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view of stoup
Scene Description: 17thC? one of two; this one by the west doorway, north side
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view of font cover
Scene Description: on the later font in this church
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view of stoup
Scene Description: 17thC? one of two; this one by the confessional on the south side
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view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arno Carpi, 1967
Image Source: B&W photograph credited to Arno Carpi, in Marcionetti (1969)
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symbol - cross - Greek - Maltese - in a circle
Scene Description: several [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arno Carpi, 1967
Image Source: B&W photograph credited to Arno Carpi, in Marcionetti (1969)
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design element - motifs - floral - flower - 6-petal - in a circle
Scene Description: at least one
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arno Carpi, 1967
Image Source: B&W photograph credited to Arno Carpi, in Marcionetti (1969)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19861CHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Cognate Fonts: the font at nearby Chironico has the Maltese cross and 6-petalled flower symbols
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa parrocchiale di Santa Maria Assunta, Chiggiogna
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: early-medieval church demolished 11thC; re-built as Romanesque and expanded in 13thC
Church Address: Strada Cantonale vecchia 18, 6764 Chiggiogna, Svizzera
Site Location: Ticino / Tessin, Switzerland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 2 and the E35, in the municipality and 2 km SE of Faido
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Lugano
Additional Comments: disused font (basin abandoned in the churchyard; later used as garden decoration)
Font Notes:
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Gilardi (1967) reports a "vasca battesimale tardo gotica" that laid disused in the churchyard of Santa Maria as having been later moved to the garden of "casa Nizzola". Marcionetti (1969) notes and illustrates the basin of a baptismal font decorated with a number of large Maltese crosses and 6-petalled flowers inscribed in circles all around the sides of the polygonal basin. The church uses now a font of a much later date, with a buffet-rim type of wooden cover; there are also two later-date stoups in this church; all three vessels are of stone and appear to be from the 17th century or later.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 486031 5146070
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
REFERENCES
- Gilardoni, Virgilio, Arte e monumenti della Lombardia Prealpina, La Vesconta Bellinzona: Istituto Grafico Casagrande, 1967, p. 292
- Marcionetti, Isidoro, Antiche vasche battesimali del Ticino, Lugano: Labor Arti Grafiche S. A., 1969, p. 34 and fig. 5