Aljubarrota
Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2011
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view of church exterior - west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Celia Ascenso, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 September 2011 by Celia Ascenso [http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Igreja_N_Sra_Prazeres_Aljubarrota_portal.jpg] [accessed 3 February 2012]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2011 by Joost Limburg
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font
Scene Description: the later font [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2011 by Joost Limburg
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 01789ALJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Igreja da Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Largo de S.Vicente 1-A, 2460-711 Aljubarrota - Portugal
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Leiria, Centro
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Alcobaça
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Leiria-Fátima [formerly Leiria -- suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lisbon]
Historical Region: in the Centro region, Pinhal litoral
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photograph of this church and modern font
Church Notes: original church built 13thC
Font Notes:
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The present font in this church consists of a large octagonal basin with vertical sides and underbowl chamfer, all plain, raised on a short moulded base, also octagonal. The original Romanesque building was mostly re-build after the 1755 earthquake, but this font would fit better in the designs of the 16th or 167th century, unless the basin is the original re-cut at a later date [NB: the west portal dates from the Romanesque period, but we have no information on the medieval font here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 39.566541, -8.931126
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 39° 33′ 59.55″ N, 8° 55′ 52.06″ W
UTM: 29S 505916 4379652
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal, flat and plain; appears modern