Roriz

Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2010
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Results: 5 records
design element - motifs - arris
design element - motifs - moulding
design element - patterns - torsade
view of church exterior - northwest view
INFORMATION
FontID: 16016ROR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Mosteiro de São Pedro de Roriz / Igreja de São Pedro de Roriz
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Porto, Norte
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Santo Tirso
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Late Gothic? / Manueline?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photograph of this church and font
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a polygonal basin with arrises separating wide concave sides, and a rounded underbowl, raised on a torsade shaft and a small circular lower base; it is made of granite. The wooden cover is also polygonal, to match the shape of the basin; it has at least one metal hook that locks on the side of the font.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
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