Lumino No. 2 / Lugmin / Lugomino / Lugumino / Lümìn / Lumín
Image copyright © Arno Carpi, 1969
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Results: 14 records
B01: symbol - shield - coat of arms - Cappo (priest)
Scene Description: seen here in the centre of the image; on the right is Christ's monogram; on the left Satan whit a inscribed scroll [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arno Carpi, 1969
Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph by Arno Carpi, in Marcionetti (1969)
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B02: Christ - monogram - IHS - in a wreath
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Image Source: B&W photograph by Arno Carpi, in Marcionetti (1969)
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B03: symbol - star - 8-point
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Image Source: B&W photograph by Arno Carpi, in Marcionetti (1969)
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B04: design element - motifs - floral - flower
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Image Source: B&W photograph by Arno Carpi, in Marcionetti (1969)
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B05: animal - mammal - lion - head - vegetation stemming from its mouth
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Image Source: B&W photograph by Arno Carpi, in Marcionetti (1969)
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B06: angel - cherub - head
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Image Source: B&W photograph by Arno Carpi, in Marcionetti (1969)
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B07: symbol - skull and bones - scroll - inscription
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: B&W photograph by Arno Carpi, in Marcionetti (1969)
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B08: devil(s) and demons - Satan - holding scroll - inscription
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: B&W photograph by Arno Carpi, in Marcionetti (1969)
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design element - motifs - moulding - torus-scotia-torus
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Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph by Arno Carpi, in Marcionetti (1969)
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: atop the top of the two long blocks of the pedestal base
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Image Source: B&W photograph by Arno Carpi, in Marcionetti (1969)
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symbol - chalice - holy wafer - cross
Scene Description: on the side of the uppermost of the two long blocks of the pedestal base
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Image Source: B&W photograph by Arno Carpi, in Marcionetti (1969)
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human figure - hand - right hand - pointing index finger
Scene Description: on one of the sides of the lower block of the pedestal base
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Image Source: B&W photograph by Arno Carpi, in Marcionetti (1969)
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symbol - torch - burning torch - 7
Scene Description: on the sides of the lower block of the pedestal base
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Image Source: B&W photograph by Arno Carpi, in Marcionetti (1969)
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: atop splaying the lower base
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Image Source: B&W photograph by Arno Carpi, in Marcionetti (1969)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19868LUG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1533
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Master Domenico Zani de Pelera / heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa parocchiale di San Mamete [formerly Chiesa di San Mamete e Santa Caterina
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mammes of Cesarea [aka Mamas, Mammas, Mammet]
Church Notes: Romanesque church documented by 1237; becomes parochial 15thC; renovated and enlarged in 1525;
Church Address: Piazza della Chiesa, 6533 Lumino, Switzerland -- Tel.: 091 829 05 15
Site Location: Ticino / Tessin, Switzerland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located near Arbedo-Castione, Claro, Roveredo (GR), San Vittore (GR)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Lugano
Historical Region: Valle Mesolcina
Additional Comments: price of a font in 1533 in Ticino region: "cento fanti boni" [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the Agenzia turistica ticinese SA [www.ticino.ch/fr/commons/details/Kirche-San-Mamete/5124.html] [accessed 16 May 2015] notes: "Assai pregevoli il fonte battesimale cinquecentesco di forma ottagonale recante diversi simboli (la stella, il fiore, il leone, il cherubino, il monogramma di Gesù e del parroco che commissionò l'opera, la morte, satana) e le due acquasantiere con raffigurazioni in rilievo." This is the font noted and illustrated in Marcionetti (1969), and that corresponds approximately to the major enlargement and renovation of this church ca. 1525; the font, adds Marcionetti (ibid.), is documented in the old parish account books as: "cento fanti boni a M.o zane del pellera p. il babtistero: 1533". The elements of decoration on the font are identified in this author as follows [on the basin sides, Left-to-Right]: B1)coat of arms of the priest, by the name of Cappo, "sacerdote colto e zelante", who commissioned the font; B2)IHS monogram; B3)eight-pointed star; B4)flower; B5)lion head with vegetation stemming from the mouth; B6)cherub head; B7)skull with scroll: "SIC CER", which Marcionetti (ibid.) expands: cioè SIC CERNERIS; 'così apparirai'. Invito ad ognuno a specchiarsi in quell'immagine di decaduta sorte"; B8)Satan with scroll: "UNDA PURIFICANS" [part of the text used in the blessing of the water in the font on Hoy Saturday: "[...] Sit fons vivus, aqua regenerans, unda purificans [...]"]; the pedestal base is made of four octagonal blocks; the topmost two blocks constitute the centre ring, but the second down may be a later addition to raise the heigjht of the font; the longer block below has a roll moulding all around and, below it, on one of the sides, a chalice and host; the lowest block of the pedestal base is also decorated on some of its sides: a hand with index finger pointing up on one side is sided by four and three flaming torches on the other panels of the block; the splaying lower base is also octagonal in shape, with a roll moulding atop.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 505162 5120006
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.233611, 9.066944
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 14′ 1″ N, 9° 4′ 1″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no linng
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on two of the scrolls that are part of the basin decoration
Inscription Text: scroll 1: "SIC - CER"; scroll 2: "UNDER PURIFICANS"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: Marcionetti (1969)
REFERENCES
- Marcionetti, Isidoro, Antiche vasche battesimali del Ticino, Lugano: Labor Arti Grafiche S. A., 1969, p. 81ff and figs. 19-27