Varenna No. 1 / Varena

Image copyright © Ignacio Carrere Gastaminza, 2020

Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 November 2020)

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Scene Description: on the church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ignacio Carrere Gastaminza, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Ignacio Carrere Gastaminza

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 November 2020)

view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Questo Tempio (dedicato) a San Giovanni Battista fu ampliato notevolmente e consacrato nell'anno 1151. Il Vescovo Sicariense Pantaleone il 9 gennaio dell'anno 1331 lo consacrò."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Vilda Espinosa, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 September 2019 by Vilda Espinosa [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CHIESA_SAN_GIOVANNI_BATTISTA-_VARENNA_2.jpg] [accessed 12 November 2020]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church interior - chancel and east end

Scene Description: Source caption: "Il Vescovo Sicariense Pantaleone il 9 gennaio dell'anno 1331 lo consacrò, dopo che fu restaurato, satabilendo [sic] che in futuro il sacro anniversario della Dedicazione fosse celebrato alla prima domenica dopo l'Epifania."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Vilda Espinosa, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 September 2019 by Vilda Espinosa [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CHIESA_SAN_GIOVANNI_BATTISTA-_VARENNA_2.jpg] [accessed 12 November 2020]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: with the holy-water stoup in the foreground

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ignacio Carrere Gastaminza, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Ignacio Carrere Gastaminza

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 November 2020)

view of church interior - painting - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Il Vescovo Sicariense Pantaleone il 9 gennaio dell'anno 1331 lo consacrò, dopo che fu restaurato, satabilendo [sic] che in futuro il sacro anniversario della Dedicazione fosse celebrato alla prima domenica dopo l'Epifania."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Vilda Espinosa, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 September 2019 by Vilda Espinosa [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CHIESA_SAN_GIOVANNI_BATTISTA-_VARENNA.jpg] [accessed 12 November 2020]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of stoup - upper view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ignacio Carrere Gastaminza, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Ignacio Carrere Gastaminza

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 November 2020)

view of stoup in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ignacio Carrere Gastaminza, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Ignacio Carrere Gastaminza

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 11 November 2020)

INFORMATION

FontID: 22999VAR
Church/Chapel: Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Piazza S. Giorgio, 23829 Varenna LC, Italy
Country Name: Italy
Location: Lecco, Lombardia
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the SP65, W of Perledo and the SS36, on the E shore of lake Como, opposite Menaggio, NE of Como, N of Monza and Milan
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Milano
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, towards the W
Century and Period: , Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Ignacio Carrere Gastaminza for his photographs of this church and stoup
Church Notes: 11thC church; modified mid-12thC and later; re-consecrated 1331; restored 1964-1967; 14th and 16thC mural paintings
Holy-water stoup; it is monlithical, cylindrical and plain [NB: it could be a re-cycled object]

COORDINATES

UTM: 32T 521933 5095938

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: 1
Font Shape: cylindrical (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round