Chamoim No. 2
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Scene Description: a partial view, behing the older (?) stoup or font
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Scene Description: a partial view; on the left of the image
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16154CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 18th century
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: disused font -- exposed to the elements
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 larger and more decorated one is chalice-shaped and consists of a hemispherical basin decorated with a moulding at the upper rim, and a ribbed pattern below; moulded at the centre ring, and moulded again on the conical lower base; on a short square plinth. It appears to have been exposed to the elements for a long time and is covered in lichens; it is probably not medieval, but of a later date
One of two fonts or large stoups located outside the Igreja de Santiago; the larger and more decorated one is chalice-shaped and consists of a hemispherical basin decorated with a moulding at the upper rim, and a ribbed pattern below; moulded at the centre ring, and moulded again on the conical lower base; on a short square plinth. It appears to have been exposed to the elements for a long time and is covered in lichens; it is probably not medieval, but of a later date
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: chalice-shaped, hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round