Tuscan craftsmen, Six stoups with column shaft
- Author
- Tuscan craftsmen
- Date
- Cent. 14th
- Collocation
- Baptistery of Saint John
- Specific location
- Interior, on the sides of the south, east and north entrances
- Material
- White marble
- Technique
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- Height: 135 cm ca.; Width: 60 cm ca.; Length: 25 cm ca.;
- Scientific catalog (only in italian)
- Acquasantiera con fusto a colonna tortile 1/6
- Acquasantiera con fusto a colonna tortile 2/6
- Acquasantiera con fusto a colonna tortile 3/6
- Acquasantiera con fusto a colonna tortile 4/6
- Acquasantiera con fusto a colonna tortile 5/6
- Acquasantiera con fusto a colonna tortile 6/6
Six stoups (holy-water fonts) from the 14th century, in white marble, each with hexagonal basin, above a column with Corinthian capital, spiral shaft with rosettes, and square stylobate. The octagonal shape of these stoups, placed in pairs at the entrances to the temple, echoes the octagonal plan of the Baptistery and the form of the ancient baptismal font, dismantled in the 16th century. The octagon recalls the number eight, in this way suggesting the first day following the seven days of creation, the so-called "eighth day", meaning the eternity of bliss promised to all baptised.