Rendufe No. 2
Results: 5 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed - in round arches
CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
R01: design element - motifs - moulding
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17902REN
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja do Mostiero beneditino de Santo André de Rendufe
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: 4720-626 Rendufe, Portugal
Site Location: Braga, Norte, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the M1247 and the N205, in the municipality and 5-6 km W of Amares, about 12 km N of Braga
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Braga
Font Notes:
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Hemispherical wall-mounted holy-water stoup made of fine-grained granite and decorated with mouldings at the upper rim and a pattern of ribs inscribed in round arches around the sides and underbowl; roll moulding at the bottom end. [cf. Index entry for Rendulfe No. 1 for a font of similar shape and period].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photograph of this stoup
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 549475 4609523
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.635906, -8.405983
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 38′ 9.26″ N, 8° 24′ 21.54″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric, wall mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round