Braga No. 2
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17412BRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Sé de Braga
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Braga, Norte
Font Location in Church: Outside the cathedral
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century
Font Notes:
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A font or large stoup located outside the cathedral, against one of the outer walls; consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a broad flat moulding at the upper rim, and a pattern of concave ribs all around the sides and underbowl; the base is a cross shaped set of four thick scroll ribs; the whole appears to be made of course granite. It may have been one of the large stoups sometimes located at the entrance of very large or important churches.
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 548213 4599329
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hemispheric (mounted)