Alfaiates, in Sabugal
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Pia batismal"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © SIPA, Direção-Geral do Património Cultural, 2013
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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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 6 May 2023 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.info]
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design element - architectural - arcade - triple arches
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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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Image Source: digital photograph 6 May 2023 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.info]
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symbol - cross - Greek - in a circle - concentric circle
Scene Description: a band
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Image Source: digital photograph 6 May 2023 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.info]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 6 May 2023 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.info]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 6 May 2023 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.info]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Círculo de Leitores, 2000-2002
Image Source: História religiosa de Portugal (2000, vol. 1: 456)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 08895ALF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Cognate Fonts: similar fonts at Sabugal and Vilar Maior No. 1 nearby?
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja da Misericórdia de Alfaiate [aka Capela da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Alfaiates] [originally Igreja de São Sebastião]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Notes: 13th-14thC church
Church Address: 6320-081, Alfaiates, Sabugal, Portugal
Site Location: Beira Interior, Distrito de Guarda, Portugal, Europe
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 Notes:
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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].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.info] for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 677067 4473362
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.392051, -6.913729
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 23′ 31.39″ N, 6° 54′ 49.42″ W
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 Location: basin side, upper register
Inscription Text: "A"
Inscription Notes: there could be other characters on the hidden side
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, vol. 1: 248, 456