Amalfi

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New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ

Scene Description: finial of the modern cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

coat of arms - Capitulum Amalphitanum

Scene Description: the same shield appears elsewhere in the cathedral

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

design element - motifs - flat moulding

notice here the decorations on the bottom of the metal cover: arrises, mouldings, angels; also floral and/or foliate decorations between the incised initials

Scene Description: notice here the decorations on the bottom of the metal cover: arrises, mouldings, angels; also floral and/or foliate decorations between the incised initials

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

design element - motifs - handle - 2

Scene Description: large scroll-shaped 'ears' on the basin sides

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

information

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

information

Image Source: field notes taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of basin and cover - southeast side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of basin and cover - southwest side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - cloister

Scene Description: Chiostro del Paradiso built 1266-1268

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 May 2013 by Berthold Werner [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amalfi_BW_2013-05-15_11-53-33_DxO.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade and tower - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west porch - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west porch - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west porch - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west porch and portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal

Scene Description: bronze doors cast in Constatinople in 1060 by Simeon of Syria

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 May 2013 by Berthold Werner [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amalfi_BW_2013-05-15_10-31-26_DxO.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 May 2013 by Berthold Werner [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amalfi_BW_2013-05-15_10-20-08_DxO.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2017]

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view of church exterior - west portal - door - detail

Source caption: "Relief an der Bronzetür, den heiligen Andreas darstellend, durch Berührung poliert, im Dom von Amalfi, Kampanien, Italien".

Scene Description: Source caption: "Relief an der Bronzetür, den heiligen Andreas darstellend, durch Berührung poliert, im Dom von Amalfi, Kampanien, Italien".

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 October 2015 by Arnoldius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amalfi_Cathedral_door_detail.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: the west façade seen from the Piazza del Duomo

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 May 2013 by Berthold Werner [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amalfi_BW_2013-05-15_11-49-21_DxO.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - west view - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: view of Amalfi from the sea -- the cathedral is loacted on the left side of the image

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 June 2006 by Sudodana2048 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amalfi_sea_view_Italy.JPG] [accessed 27 March 2017]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated / CC-BY-SA-2.5,2.0,1.0

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the cathedral tower indicates its position in the image

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2012 by Kim Traynor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_of_Amalfi.JPG] [accessed 27 March 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the façade and tower of the cathedral seen from Piazza del Duomo

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 May 2013 by Berthold Werner [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amalfi_BW_2013-05-15_10-09-21.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - chapel

Scene Description: late-13thC chapel now part of the Museo Diocesano di Amalfi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: the shield that appears on the font cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: the shield that appears on the font cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - north aisle - detail

Scene Description: the candelabrum in the left of the image is inside the baptismal chapel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - north aisle - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - painting

Scene Description: Pantocrator fresco in the late-13thC chapel, now part of the Museo Diocesano di Amalfi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of font - southeast side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of font - southwest side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the font and cover in the baptismal chapel [no longer in use]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of font base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

view of font cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2017 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 21125AMA

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Duomo di Amalfi / Cattedrale di Sant'Andrea

Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew

Church Location: Parco Regionale dei Monti Lattari, Via Duca Mansone I, 1, 84011 Amalfi SA, Italy

Country Name: Italy

Location: Salerno, Campania

Directions to Site: Amalfi is located in the Gulf of Salerno, SSW of Salerno, SE of Naples

Ecclesiastic Region: Arcidiocese d'Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni [Archidioecesis Amalphitana-Cavensis]

Historical Region: Ducato di Amalfi / Repubblica di Amalfi

Font Location in Church: Inside the church in a chapel at the W end of the N aisle

Century and Period: 1st century? [altered], Roman [altered]

Church Notes: present church built next to the 9thC ruins of an earlier basilica; bronze doors of 1066; tower started 1180; façade re-built late 19thC;

Font Notes: Click to view

The cathedral has a baptismal font made of porphyry and marble; it is said to have been made in the 19th century from a large vase brought from the Roman ruins at Pompeii; the object is vase-shaped; the basin has a flat rim moulding and a plain almost cylindrical middle section, while the underbowl is decorated with a pattern of diagonal ribs; a pair of scroll-shaped handles are set at opposite sides of the basin; the base has a short round pedestal that appears to be part of the porphyry piece, raised on a moulded lower base made of white veined marble, and a square tessarated plinth. A dome-shaped metal cover has arris and moulding decoration on it, with little angels and engraved initials at the bottom; it also bears a shield with the arms of the cathedral (?) and the finial is a statue of the Baptism of Christ scene. [NB: the baptism guide in the parish [Parrocchia Sant'Andrea Apostolo] site [www.parrocchiaamalfi.com/catechesi/battesimi/] [accessed 27 March 2017] notes the existence of the old font: "In Cattedrale infatti abbiamo l'Antico Fonte Battesimale", but does not indicate whether or not it is still used for baptisms today -- considering the height of the font one wonders how [if?] its interior is accessed at all]. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 40.634444, 14.603056

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 38′ 4″ N, 14° 36′ 11″ E

UTM: 33T 466433 4498254

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, porphyry (igneous rock) and marble

Font Shape: round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Font Height (less Plinth): 160 - 180 cm?*

Notes on Measurements: * unable to take measurements of the font; it stands approximately the height of a person

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th century?

Material: metal

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]