San Pietro Barisano / Wooden artefacts and stone fragments
Wooden artefacts and stone fragments
Main Altar
The Main Altar, datable to the 18th century, consists of a stone mensa placed in the centre of an architectural element separating it from the space behind: it is a division consisting of a large round arch on stone pillars, adorned, on the front towards the nave, by two plastered half-columns, between which was located a painting, stolen in 1977: today only its large gilded wooden frame survives, bound at the top to the masonry with large iron brackets, which has been restored in situ.
Gilded wooden frames
In addition to the gilded wooden frame belonging to the altar of the SS. Crocifisso, three gilded wooden fragments, located near the altar of St. Joseph, which belonged to a dismembered frame surrounding a painting stolen in 1977, were found and restored.
Two wooden doors covered with brass
The two wooden doors most probably belonged to the chapel of the SS. Crocifisso, as they bear the emblems of that confraternity; it is possible that they closed one of the entrances to the chapel, between the balustrades. The embossed metal sheet is fixed to the wooden support with nails: the left panel depicts two hands joined above a crucifix, surmounted by a crown and surrounded by plant motifs; on the right panel, a heart with five wounds is surmounted by a crown and surrounded by vegetal decorations.
Fragments of Wall Decorations
These are 173 fragments of wall decorations executed on plaster or calcarenite, contained in seven wooden boxes located in the lower levels of the church. The fragments, dated to the 16th century, in some cases depict heads, hands, floral motifs. All fragments have been restored, numbered and photographically documented.