Chamoim No. 1
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 March 2010 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font or stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 March 2010 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16153CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja de Santiago / Igreja de São Tiago, Chamoim
Font Location in Church: Outside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Site Location: Distrito de Braga, Minho, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Terras de Bouro
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Braga
Additional Comments: Joost confirms this font has a central drain hole
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in SIPA [IPA.00024798] [http://www.monumentos.gov.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=24798] [accessed 29 August 2025] reports and illustrates two fonts outside: "No exterior encontram-se duas pias baptismais, uma delas provávelmente românica."
One of two fonts or large stoups located outside the Igreja de Santiago; the smaller and plainer of the two may be medieval; it consists of a hemispherical basin with some piping or mouldings on its weathered surface; raised on a plain cylindrical stem and a splaying lower base of uncertain shape. It appears to have been exposed to the elements for a long time and is covered in lichens. Could be medieval.
One of two fonts or large stoups located outside the Igreja de Santiago; the smaller and plainer of the two may be medieval; it consists of a hemispherical basin with some piping or mouldings on its weathered surface; raised on a plain cylindrical stem and a splaying lower base of uncertain shape. It appears to have been exposed to the elements for a long time and is covered in lichens. Could be medieval.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 562399 4620009
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin