Espinhosela
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Results: 4 records
B01: design element - patterns - piping or ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2010 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
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B01: design element - motifs - cartouche
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2010 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
LB01: design element - patterns - fluted
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2010 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2010 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16731BRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja Paroquial de Espinhosela / Igreja de Santo Estêvão
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: Rua Visconde da Bouça, Ap.238, Espinhosela, 5301-903 Bragança, Portugal
Site Location: Distrito de Bragança, Norte, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the M504/ M1029, in the municipality and about 12 km NW of Bragança
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Bragança–Miranda
Historical Region: Trás-os-Montes
Font Notes:
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Baptismal made of granite and consisting of a round basin with tapering sides raised on a circular stem; the basin is decorated with a band of stylised foliage below the upper rim, while the sides have cartouche-like motifs laid vertically between thin piping all around; the base has fluting all around. The wooden cover is plain, round and flat; appears modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 678602 4637138
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: not lined
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]