Vila Boa do Bispo
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B01: design element - motifs - braid - 2-strand
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 June 2011 by Joost Limburg for BSI
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R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 June 2011 by Joost Limburg for BSI
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 June 2011 by Joost Limburg for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17474VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja de Santa Maria / Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Vila Boa do Bispo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: the village has a parish church as well, but we have no information on its font -- O Convento de Santa Maria de Vila Boa do Bispo, importante mosteiro de Cónegos Regrantes de Santo Agostinho (Crúzios), Foi fundado por D. Moninho Viegas em 990, em cumprimento de um voto feito durante a batalha de Valboa, na qual conquistou aos mouros o castelo de Monte de Arados. A sua igreja foi sagrada por D. Nonego, bispo do Porto, e o seu primeiro abade foi D. Rosardo, natural de França. D. Sisnando, sucessor de D. Nonego, depois de ter combatido os mouros durante longos anos, resignou a mitra do Porto e recolheu-se a este mosteiro, onde professou (1030-1035)." [source: www.jf-vilaboadobispo.pt/index.php?page=historia]
Church Address: Av. Padre António Cunha Machado 1928, Portugal
Site Location: Porto, Norte, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N320 [aka Av. Mosteiro], in the municipality and 10-12 km SW of Marco de Canaveses, about 40 km E of Porto
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese do Porto
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a round basin with moulding at the upper rim, the shallow sides decorated with a two-strand braid, and a tall plain underbowl; raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal base, and a round-to-square lower base.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 565429 4553521
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.130362, -8.220487
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 7′ 49.3″ N, 8° 13′ 13.75″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining