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view of church exterior - baptistery in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "LOC. CORNUS"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Domenico Angelo Fadda, 2011

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 30 July 2011 by Domenico Angelo Fadda [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LOC._CORNUS_-_panoramio.jpg] [accessed 15 February 2022]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonte battesimale"

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Image Source: digital photograph 19 January 2012 by Liberianto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cuglieri_-_Cornus_-_area_paleocristiana_-_fonte_battesimale(15).JPG] [accessed 15 February 2022]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "LOC. CORNUS AREA PALEOCRISTIANA" -- the font is located in the centre of what was the baptistery building, adjacent to the south side of the main church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Domenico Angelo Fadda, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph 30 July 2011 by Domenico Angelo Fadda [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LOC._CORNUS_AREA_PALEOCRISTIANA_-_panoramio.jpg] [accessed 15 February 2022]

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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Liberianto, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph 19 January 2012 by Liberianto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cuglieri_-_Cornus_-_area_paleocristiana_-_fonte_battesimale(15).JPG] [accessed 15 February 2022]

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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Liberianto, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph 19 January 2012 by Liberianto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cuglieri_-_Cornus_-_area_paleocristiana_-_fonte_battesimale(15).JPG] [accessed 15 February 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23757COR
Church/Chapel: Baptistery church ["basilica-battistero"]
Church Location: Rovine di Cornus, 09073 Cuglieri OR, Italy
Country Name: Italy
Location: Oristano, Sardegna
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the SS292, just SE of Santa Caterina di Pittinuri, N of Aistanis / Oristano, on the W coast of the island
Font Location in Church: In the ruins of the baptistery, in the Complesso paleocristiano di Cornus
Century and Period: 6th century(early?), Early Christian
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention
The exterior is described in the site plaque as "pseudopoligonale", originally provided with a baldaquin of which structure only a stump of one of the columns remains; the interior is cruciform with steps down on at least two of the sides. The information plaque mentions a building described as "basilica-battistero" [i.e., a baptistery basilica] attached to the main church building along the south wall, in the centre of which is the font itself, which the plaque dates to the early-6th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 40.093333, 8.508056
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 5′ 36″ N, 8° 30′ 29″ E
UTM: 32T 458065 4438232

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone & brick
Font Shape: octagonal [cf. FontNotes]
Basin Interior Shape: cruciform
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal