Alfaiates, in Sabugal

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design element - architectural - arcade - triple arches

Image Source: digital photograph 6 May 2023 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.info]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital photograph 6 May 2023 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.info]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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inscription

Scene Description: the letter "A" appears in one of the arches

symbol - cross - Greek - in a circle - concentric circle

Scene Description: a band

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view of basin - interior

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Pia batismal"

Image Source: digital photograph 2013 by Joana Pereira, in SIPA [Foto.01036755] [http://www.monumentos.gov.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=1512] [accessed 27 June 2023]

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font in context

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Image Source: História religiosa de Portugal (2000, vol. 1: 456)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 08895ALF

Church/Chapel: Igreja da Misericórdia de Alfaiate [aka Capela da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Alfaiates] [originally Igreja de São Sebastião]

Church Location: 6320-081, Alfaiates, Sabugal, Portugal

Country Name: Portugal

Location: Beira Interior, Distrito de Guarda

Directions to Site: Alfaiates is a civil parish located off (N) the N332, in the municipality and to the ENE of Sabugal

Historical Region: Beira alta

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic

Cognate Fonts: similar fonts at Sabugal and Vilar Maior No. 1 nearby?

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.info] for his photographs of this church and font

Church Notes: 13th-14thC church

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

A baptismal font consisting of a cylindrical basin with a rounded underbowl, raised on a narrower round pedestal base decorated with a roll moulding, on a three-step plinth; the sides of the basin are ornamented with three bands of motifs: at the upper side is an arcade of triple arches inscribed; one of the arches appears to have the letter "A" inscribed [NB: it is not clear in the source image: the triple arches resemble the inscribed A as well]; around the centre of the basin side is a thick rope motif and, below it, a band of double concentric circles, each with a Greek cross symbol in it; it is a font of a rather crude workmanship. Illustrated in SIPA [Foto.01036755] [http://www.monumentos.gov.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=1512] [accessed 27 June 2023], in the História religiosa de Portugal (2000, vol. 1: 248, 456] and in Wikimedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Igreja_da_Santa_Casa_da_Misericórdia_de_Alfaiates] [accessed 27 June 2023].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 40.392051, -6.913729

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 23′ 31.39″ N, 6° 54′ 49.42″ W

UTM: 29T 677067 4473362

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two?

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: there could be other characters on the hidden side

Inscription Location: basin side, upper register

Inscription Text: "A"

Inscription Source: cf. Image area

REFERENCES

Centro de Estudos de História Religiosa da Universidade Católica Portuguesa, História religiosa de Portugal, [Lisboa]: Círculo de Leitores, 2000