Piobesi No. 2 / Piobesi Torinese

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Image copyright © Angeles Leal Arroyo, 2019

Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 November 2019)

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Old Testament - the time of Samson - the book of Judges - Samson - fighting a lion

Scene Description: Samson's pointed-shoed leg is visible in the scene
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Angeles Leal Arroyo, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2019 by Angeles Leal Arroyo
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 November 2019)

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Scene Description: museum plaque
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Angeles Leal Arroyo, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2019 by Angeles Leal Arroyo
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 November 2019)

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Angeles Leal Arroyo, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2019 by Angeles Leal Arroyo
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 10 November 2019)

view of church exterior - northeast end

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrea Miola / Ente di gestione delle Aree Protette del Po Torinese, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Andrea Miola, in Ente di gestione delle Aree Protette del Po Torinese [http://www.parks.it/parchi.po.collina/foto/PiobesiTPieveSGiovanni-800.jpg] [accessed 17 November 2019]
Copyright Instructions: reproduced a/p conditions in Note legali [http://www.areeprotettepotorinese.it/pagina.php?id=222] [accessed 17 November 2019]

view of church exterior - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrea Miola / Ente di gestione delle Aree Protette del Po Torinese, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Andrea Miola, in Ente di gestione delle Aree Protette del Po Torinese [http://www.parks.it/parchi.po.collina/foto/PiobesiTPieveSGiovanni3-800.jpg] [accessed 17 November 2019]
Copyright Instructions: reproduced a/p conditions in Note legali [http://www.areeprotettepotorinese.it/pagina.php?id=222] [accessed 17 November 2019]

INFORMATION

FontID: 22443TOR
Object Type: Stoup
Museum and Inventory Number: Museo Civico d'Arte Antica e Palazzo Madama, Piazza Castello, 10122 Torino TO, Italy
Church/Chapel: Chiesa cimiteriale di San Giovanni ai Campi
Church Patron Saints: St. John
Church Location: 10040 Piobesi Torentino, TO, Italy
Country Name: Italy
Location: Torino, Piemonte
Directions to Site: Located off the SP-142-SP145 crossroads, about 15 km SSW of Turin city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Torino
Font Location in Church: [in a museum now]
Date: ca. 1130-1140?
Century and Period: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Angeles Leal Arroyo for her photographs of this object
Church Notes: romanico lombardo church dated 11thC, second quarter with important fresco paintings [http://archeocarta.org/piobesi-to-san-giovanni-campi/] [accessed 17 November 2019]
Font Notes:
The entry for this holy-water stoup at the Museo Civico d'Arte Antica [https://www.palazzomadamatorino.it/it/le-collezioni/catalogo-delle-opere-online/sansone-ed-il-leone] [accessed 17 November 2019] notes: "Durante il restauro (Koine 2001), è stato eseguito un calco in gesso (più negativo in gomma) della superficie inferiore allo scopo di rilevarne l'incisione. Le tracce frammentarie e molto consunte non permettono un'interpretazione. Cfr. allegati. Per confronti iconografici con una lunetta con la lotta tra Sansone e il leone proveniente da una collezione privata di Novara si veda A. MILONE, in A. BACCHI (a cura di), "Dalla Bibbia di Corradino a Jacopo della Quercia. Sculture e miniature italiane del Medioevo e del Rinascimento", catalogo della mostra, Milano 1997, scheda n. 1, pp. 18-19. Per confronti con i capitelli dell'abbazia di Rivalta Torinese si veda E. PAGELLA, "I capitelli di Rivalta nel Museo Civico d'Arte Antica di Torino", in R. COMBA, L. PATRIA (a cura di), "L'abbazia di Rivalta di Torino nella storia monastica europea", atti del convegno, Cuneo 2007, p. 161." The same source gives the date of the work as "Anno 1130-1140", the material as "marmo bianco lunense" by a "scultore piemontese".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 44° 55' 18" N, 7° 36' 11" E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (white)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 50 cm*
Basin Depth: 46.5 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 27 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Museo Civico d'Arte Antica

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the side of the stoup, each word above the corresponding figure
Inscription Text: "LEO / SAMSO"