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Historical Archive: Pisa Baptistery Battistero di San Giovanni Baptistery 1152-1363 first architect Diotisalvi founding inscription August 15, 1152 (Pisan 1153) first level and part of second complete by about 1170 east portal sculpture early 13th century construction continued after 1277 under Nicola and then Giovanni Pisano restored 1550-51, 1621, major restoration around 1840 Many exterior busts are 19th-century copies. Pulpit signed and dated Nicola Pisano 1260 white and red marble, granite, height 465 cm (183 inches) originally probably on north rather than south side All portal details below are from the east (main) portal. cathedral complex from west: baptistery (side with red tile roof), cathedral, campanile eastern portal, side with lead roof vertical center of building portal architrave, above: Deesis, angels, evangelists; below: John the Baptist preaching, with disciples, meeting Jesus, Baptism, before Herod, Salome, decapitation, burial portal, north engaged columns and pilaster: Ascension; details following are on the north side. foliate column King David Anastasis (bottom); Apostles Simon, Judas Thaddeus Apostles Phillip, James the Greater (bottom); John, James the Less Apostles Bartholemew, Thomas (bottom); Matthew, Andrew Peter (bottom); orant Mary angels (bottom, "lily of the valley"), Ascending Christ portal, south engaged columns and pilaster: labors of the months; details following are on the south side January to April January (bottom): warming hands, February: fishing March (bottom): Spinario (pulling thorn), April: holding flowers and herbs May (bottom): knight bringing flower (to Mary), June: reaping, July: threshing August (bottom): harvesting fruit, September: treading grapes/ October: filling wine casks (racking of the must), November: plowing, December: butchering a pig south outer engaged column: lyre player, Erato south outer engaged column: harvesting, Autumn? interior to south: font, pulpit, altar; 1929 bronze St. John in center of font: Italo Griselli from gallery, to southwest, with pulpit, choir, and font cosmatesque pavement, 13th c. before 1296 (restored mid 19th c., side panels modern) and lectern between altar and throne lower arcade to north, people in doorway for scale Pavement between north door and font. Left: stone of Anthony Andrea Baldi, 1458; right: of Dominico Raynerius, 1395 font: Guido Bigarelli da Como 1245-46 elevation to east foliate capital with heads; St. Leopold window: Charles-Laurent Maréchal, 1850s foliate capital with male and female heads St. Victor window: Charles-Laurent Maréchal, 1850s; southeast pier capital with lion hunt, lion licking cub south column capital, front: animal combat south column capital, corner: animal combat gallery, with people for scale console on outer wall of gallery dome ambulatory vaults nave to southwest with pulpit Nicola Pisano pulpit, Presentation side pulpit, Magi/Presentation corner pulpit from above with Last Judgment, and modern stairs pulpit: Annunciation, Nativity with shepherds pulpit: Adoration of the Magi pulpit: Presentation in the Temple; on right old man (poss. older Simeon) guided by Christ pulpit: Crucifixion; eagle lectern with prey pulpit: Crucifxion, lectern, Last Judgment; below: John the Baptist, Luke, Matthew, angel (St. Michael or messenger of the covenant) pulpit from above with Crucifixion pulpit: spandrel prophets with central capital pulpit: Hercules/Fortitude/Judah with lions and cub pulpit corner with Hercules/Fortitude/Judah