Corgo / São Romão do Corgo
Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2009
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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 November 2009 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
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R01: design element - motifs - flat moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 November 2009 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
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UB01: design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 November 2009 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
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view of font
Scene Description: notice the square cut into the upper rim [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 November 2009 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15736COR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja Paroquial de São Romão do Corgo
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, NW side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Romanus?
Church Notes: church listed in SIPA [IPA.00000360]
Church Address: 4890-182 Corgo, Portugal
Site Location: Distrito de Braga, Minho, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N210, in the municipality and about 10 km N of Celorico de Basto
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Braga
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed in SIPA [IPA.00000360] [http://www.monumentos.gov.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=360] [accessed 25 August 2025]: "A pia baptismal, gomada, parece-nos anterior à centúria de quinhentos". Baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a flat moulding at the upper rim and thick ribs all around; there is a square cut into the stone at the upper rim to accommodate the cover lock; stands on a round stem decorated with diagonal ribs. It is a crude work; it now [November 2009] ouside the church and the stone is affected by lychens.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photograph of this font (image & permission received (e-mail of 20 November 2009))
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 585288 4587489
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.43444, -7.97917
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 26′ 3.98″ N, 7° 58′ 45.01″ W