Valenca do Minho / Valença do Minho
Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal
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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal
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CR01: design element - motifs - rope moulding
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LB01: design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal
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LB02: design element - motifs - moulding - 2
Scene Description: parallel, top and bottom of the short stem of the base
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LID01: design element - motifs - radiated
Scene Description: slightly off centre on the lid
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view of font and cover
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view of font and cover
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view of font - upper view
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10041VAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja de Santa Maria dos Anjos, Valença do Minho
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 4930-680 Valença, Portugal
Site Location: Viana do Castelo, Norte, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N13 and the A3,on the E1, 1-2 km S of Tui, just across the border and the Minho river from Spain
Historical Region: formerly Viana do Castelo district
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font probably from the 15th or 16th century in the Gothic style. It consists of a roughly cylindrical basin with quasi-vertical sides and a hemispherical underbowl, all of it decorated with a pattern of diagonal ribbing; a rope moulding marks the underbowl-base joint; the stem of the base appears octagonal (?) and is decorated with the same pattern as the basin, as well as with two horizontal mouldings; the lower base appears to have been partly buried in the new stone flooring. There is some damage to the sides of the basin: a large crack and what may be a plugged hole on one side. The wooden cover may be 18th-19th century: it is round, slightly curved, and has a smaller radiated circle raised slightly off centre, so as to allow the hinges to open next to it. [We are grateful to Javier Torrens, of Pamplona, Spain, for the photographs of this font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 529339 4653445
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.0325, -8.645556
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 1′ 57″ N, 8° 38′ 44″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: 18th-19th century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: hinged to open partially (about 2/3 of the surface)