Braga No. 1

Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (email of 22 May 2011)

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view of font

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken by Belen Guerrikabeitia 24 April 2011

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (email of 22 May 2011)

view of church exterior - façade

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Jose Goncalves 1 June 2005

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - baptistery

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Belen Guerrikabeitia 24 April 2011

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (email of 22 May 2011)

INFORMATION

Font ID: 17420BRA

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Late Gothic? / Manueline?

Church / Chapel Name: Sé de Braga

Font Location in Church: Inside

Church Address: R. Dom Paio Mendes, 4700-424 Braga, Portugal -- Tel.: +351 253 263 317

Site Location: Braga, Norte, Portugal, Europe

Directions to Site: Located of the N101, about 45 km N of Porto. The cathedral is located in the historic centre of Braga

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Braga

Font Notes: Click to view

Baptismal font in the interior of the cathedral; octagonal basin with curved sides carved in what appears to be 'Manuelino' style, the decorations an array of motifs that include rope mouldings, foliage, etc.; raised on a moulded circular pedestal base, and a round-to-square lower base that may have figures (animals?) at the angles. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat; date unknown.

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Belen Guerrikabeitia for her photograph of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 29T 548213 4599329

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood?

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]