Vila Boa do Bispo
Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2011
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Results: 3 records
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
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
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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
FontID: 17474VIL
Church/Chapel: Igreja de Santa Maria / Mosteiro de Santa Maria
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Porto, Norte
Directions to Site: Located in the Concelho de Marco de Canaveses [formerly in the Concelho de Benviver]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photograph of this font
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]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining