Tomar No. 1
Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2003
Image and Permission received (e-mail 17/12/2003)
Results: 8 records
B01: symbol - sun
Scene Description: with a human-like face
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Loução, 2004
Image Source: B&W photograph in Loução (2004)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION [requested] NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
B02: symbol - armillar sphere
Scene Description: on the front side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2003
Image Source: Montserrat Estela
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (e-mail 17/12/2003)
B03: symbol -- letter?
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2003
Image Source: Montserrat Estela
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (e-mail 17/12/2003)
B04: symbol - moon
Scene Description: two sides left of the font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Loução, 2004
Image Source: B&W photograph in Loução (2004)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION [requested] NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
BBL01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2003
Image Source: Montserrat Estela
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (e-mail 17/12/2003)
R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2003
Image Source: Montserrat Estela
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (e-mail 17/12/2003)
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2003
Image Source: Montserrat Estela
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (e-mail 17/12/2003)
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Loução, 2004
Image Source: B&W photograph in Loução (2004)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION [requested] NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09024TOM
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja de São João Baptista de Tomar
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, mounted on a pillar of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: late-15thC church; renovated 2022
Church Address: R. São João 135, 2300-568 Tomar, Portugal -- Tel.: +351 913 782 285
Site Location: Beira Baixa, Distrito de Santarém, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the N-113, 16 km N of the crossing with the IP6 highway, NE of Santarem
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Santarém
Historical Region: Beira Baixa
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the SIPA [http://www.monumentos.gov.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=6538] [accessed 20 June 2025] describes both the stoup and the font: "pia de água-benta oitavada decorada com a esfera armilar, o sol e a lua [...] pia baptismal de linhas simples". Interesting holy-water stoup mounted on one of the columns of the nave; the basin is octagonal, with vertical sides down to the rounded underbowl which still retains the octagonal shape; the upper rim of the basin has a roll moulding; the sides [some?] of the basin have a variety of motifs: a grid-like motif on the front side [perhaps an armillary sphere?], in the next side is a character like a letter F [or one of the Latin contractions that resemble that letter] with an "o" or circle above and what appears like a Greek omega below; the next side to the right has a Moon with a human face; on the corresponding side to the left, is a similar one with the Sun. The underbowl appears plain.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, for her photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29S 550267 4383935
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 39.603682, -8.414486
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 39° 36′ 13.25″ N, 8° 24′ 52.15″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal, wall mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: on one of the sides of the basin
Inscription Text: [cf. FontNotes for details]
Inscription Source: [cf. Image area]
REFERENCES
- Loução, Paulo Alexandre, Os templários na formação de Portugal, Lisboa: Ésquilo, 2004, p. 270-271