Lamego No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 02184LAM
Museum and Inventory Number: Lamego, Museu Regional
Church/Chapel: [probably a church from the Lamego region (see museum information)]
Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates given for the museum] Largo Camões, 5100-147 Lamego, Portugal -- Tel.: +351 254 600 230
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Viseu, Norte
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century?, Late Romanesque / Transitional?
A holy-water stoup probably from the region of Lamego. The sides have ribs organised in a helicoidal shape with two parallel rows of balls inserted between the ribs; the basin ends in a small ring that separates it from the short base which looks like a stumpy fluted column (description based on ill. in p. 217, Exposicion Mundial de Lisboa 1998, 1998)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.097364, -7.806171
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 5′ 50.51″ N, 7° 48′ 22.22″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 49 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 47 cm
Notes on Measurements: Exposicion..., 1998, p. 217

REFERENCES

Exposición Mundial de Lisboa 1998, Românico e o Douro = El románico y el Duero, Lisboa: Exposición Mundial de Lisboa, 1998