Fidenza No. 2 / Borgo S. Donnino / Borgo San Donnino
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Scene Description: Source caption: "La pila in marmo sarebbe stata realizzata a Carrara nel 1513 su disegno e modello ligneo dell’architetto cremonese Bernardo Boccoli, detto De Lera, e forse allo stesso va ascritta la copertura in legno dorato [...] Inizi sec. XVI"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Museo del Duomo di Fidenza, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph Museo del Duomo di Fidenxa [https://www.museoduomofidenza.it/opera/fonte-battesimale-3/] [accessed 2 October 2022]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24330FID
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1513
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Duomo / Cattedrale di San Donnino
Font Location in Church: Inside the cathedral
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Donnino
Church Address: Piazza Duomo, 43036 Fidenza PR, Italy
Site Location: Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: The museum and cathedral are located in the centre of town. Fidenza is located off the A1, about 25 km WNW of Parma
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Fidenza
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in the Museo del Duomo, Fidenza [https://www.museoduomofidenza.it/opera/fonte-battesimale-3/] [accessed 1 October 2022] as a baptismal font made of Carrara marble in the early-16th century (1513) on a design by Bernardo Boccoli (aka De Lera), an architect from Cremona; the gilded wooded cover is also attributed to him: "La pila in marmo sarebbe stata realizzata a Carrara nel 1513 su disegno e modello ligneo dell’architetto cremonese Bernardo Boccoli, detto De Lera, e forse allo stesso va ascritta la copertura in legno dorato. GG "
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are garteful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 583541 4968663
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.866492, 10.057512
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 51′ 59.37″ N, 10° 3′ 27.04″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (Carrara)
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: 16th century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: gilded wood [cf. FontNotes]