Ribeiros nr. Fafe

Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2011
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design element - patterns
view of basin - detail
view of church exterior - detail
INFORMATION
FontID: 17904FAF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Igreja de Santa Maria [aka Igreja Matriz de Ribeiros]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Rua da Calçada, 4820 Fafe
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Braga, Norte
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Fafe
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Braga
Historical Region: Minho
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoenportugal.org, for his photographs of this church and font.
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of reddish granite, consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a pattern of large indentations that may suggest a vegetal motif; the underbowl ends in an octagonal stub that would connect with the base; on a short and plain octagonal pedestal base of similar material; rests directly on the ground; there is a square notch cut into the upper side of the basin, with some drilled holes in it; this is probably the anchoring for the old lock of an earlier cover. The present cover is modern, made of wood, round and plain.
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 569606 4589048
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]