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Title: | Cividale: Battistero di Callisto. Pluteo di Sigualdo | Start date: | 700 | End date: | 799 | Historical Period: | Western Early Middle Ages | Description: | Sigwald slab from the baptismal font of Callistus. It is decorated with the four Evangelists' symbols each within a clipeo on the sides. The central field is divided in two parts. Upper part: a cross with braid decoration, flanked by two candle holders, two rosettes and two palms. Lower part: stylized tree (Tree of Life) with two branches ending in a lion's head. On the sides of the tree, there are two griffins and two birds holding up bunches of grapes. A Latin inscription runs in the middle band that divides the two parts. |
Place: | Cividale del Friuli, Italy | Languages: | Latin | Medium: | stone (worked rock) | Project: | BYZART Project | Fond: | UNIBO Bovini Archive | Physical type: | slabs (flat objects) baptismal fonts |
Material and technique: | carving (processes) | Data provider: | University of Bologna | License: | Rights holder: | Christian museum, Cividale |
Appears in Collections: | BYZART |
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