Roriz
Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2010
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Results: 5 records
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 February 2010 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 February 2010 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
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design element - motifs - arris
Scene Description: all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 February 2010 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 February 2010 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
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design element - patterns - torsade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 February 2010 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16016ROR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Late Gothic? / Manueline?
Church / Chapel Name: Mosteiro de São Pedro de Roriz / Igreja de São Pedro de Roriz
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: church listed in SIPA [IPA.00005410]
Church Address: Roriz, Santo Tirso, Portugal
Site Location: Porto, Norte, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N209-2, in the municipality of Santo Tirso, about 20 km S of Braga
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Braga
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. Font listed in SIPA [http://www.monumentos.gov.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=5410] [accessed 26 August 2025]: "a pia é em cantaria de granito, com coluna canelada e torsa, encimada por taça hemisférica, ornada por caneluras.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photograph of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 551823 4577184
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.344479, -8.38057
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 20′ 40.12″ N, 8° 22′ 50.05″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: polygonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]