Verdelha

INFORMATION

FontID: 09884VER
Church/Chapel: [Parish Church]
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Alentejo, Alentejo
Directions to Site: Located 15 km from Lisbon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1545
Century and Period: 16th century(mid),
Baptismal font in the parish church of Verdalha where in 1635 Manuel Lobo, founder of the Colonia Sacramento in Uruguay, was baptised. The basin of this font, the top of which is illustrated in Assunção (2003: 17), appears cylindrical and plain except for a moulding at the upper rim. This source (ibid., p. 18) dates the "batisterio" to 1545.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Assunção, Fernando, Etopeya y tragedia de Manuel Lobo: biografía del fundador de Colonia del Sacramento (1635-1683), Montevideo: Linardi y Risso, 2003