Florence No. 5 / Firenze

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Pianta del buonsignori, dettaglio [...] san'ambrogio monastero".

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Image Source: digital image by Sailko of a detail of a 1584 etching by Stefano Buonsignori [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pianta_del_buonsignori,_dettaglio_001_san'ambrogio_monastero.jpg] [accessed 6 August 2018]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Firenze / Florence - Piazza Sant'Ambrogio - ICE Photocompilation Viewing from NE to East on Chiesa di Sant'Ambrogio".

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txllxt TxllxT, 2010

Image Source: edited detail of a photograph taken 22 April 2010 by Txllxt TxllxT [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Firenze_-_Florence_-_Piazza_Sant'Ambrogio_-_ICE_Photocompilation_Viewing_from_NE_to_East_on_Chiesa_di_Sant'Ambrogio.jpg] [accessed 6 August 2018]

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view of church exterior in context - west end

Scene Description: Source caption: "Piazza sant'ambrogio"

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 1 April 2013 by Sailko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piazza_sant'ambrogio,_fi,_04.JPG] [accessed 6 August 2018]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 April 2013 by Sailko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:S._ambrogio,_fi,_interno_01.JPG] [accessed 6 August 2018]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the modern font is located at the west end of the nave, by a north side monument [NB: the older cover, of greater interest than the font itself, is unfortunately missing in this photograph]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sailko, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2011 by Sailko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sant'ambrogio,_firenze,_lapide_02.JPG] [accessed 6 August 2018]

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view of stoup

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sagrestia di s. ambrogio, acquasantiera".

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 April 2013 by Sailko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sagrestia_di_s._ambrogio,_acquasantiera.JPG] [accessed 6 August 2018]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21783FIR
Church/Chapel: Chiesa di Sant'Ambrogio
Church Patron Saints: St. Ambrose
Church Location: Via Giosuè Carducci, 1, 50121 Firenze FI, Italy
Country Name: Italy
Location: Firenze, Toscana
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the SS67, just N of Borgo la Croce, and SE from the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Firenze
Century and Period: 10th century (late?), Early Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Sarah Blick, of the Consortium of Art and Architectural Historians <caah@PRINCETON.EDU>, for bringing this font cover to our attention
Church Notes: allegedly build late 4thC; documented late-10thC; re-built 17thC
The present font, located towards the west end of the nave, by a monument on the north wall, is modern; it is painted in lively colours; it has an earlier painted wooden cover of interest [https://www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x132a540ef3f53beb%3A0x867893bcd01c9f7c!2m22!2m2!1i80!2i80!3m1!2i20!16m16!1b1!2m2!1m1!1e1!2m2!1m1!1e3!2m2!1m1!1e5!2m2!1m1!1e4!2m2!1m1!1e6!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOK6HnEYX6Yuw671QLWx0k47kiB7IOfzS4vw5_J%3Dw94-h95-n-k-no!5sSant'Ambrogio Firenze - Google Search&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipNM9TauTAMAUSVxLCnTwGDeDRbAIeXGwy_HdxZd] [accessed 6 August 2018] [NB: we have no information on the font from the medieval church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.771555, 11.266914
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 46′ 17.6″ N, 11° 16′ 0.89″ E
UTM: 32T 682446 4848998

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: beautifully painted wooden cover of an early date [TBC]