Miranda do Douro
Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2012
Standing permission
Results: 6 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal - ribs framed in round arches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2012 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
LB01: design element - motifs - ball - 4?
Scene Description: at 90-degree angles; not perfectly rounded
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2012 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2012 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2012 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © wicca_7, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 April 2006 by wicca_7 [www.flickr.com/photos/wicca_7/384773546/] [accessed 7 June 2012]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Santiago Abella, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2011 by Santiago Abella [www.flickr.com/photos/75710752@N04/6949490572/] [accessed 7 June 2012]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 18058MIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Sé Catedral de Miranda do Douro
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Address: Largo da Sé, 5210-000 Miranda do Douro, Portugal -- Tel.: +351 22 600 0454
Site Location: Bragança, Norte, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N218, NE of Mogadouro, near the Spanish border
Historical Region: Alto Douro, Trás-os-Montes, Terra de Miranda
Additional Comments: damaged font - repaired font
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of course granite, consisting of a large hemispherical basin decorated with a roll moulding at the upper rim, and a diagonal ribbed pattern all around the sides and underbowl; raised on a round squat lower base decorated with four (?) ball motifs at 90-degree angles. There is considerable damage to the side of the basin, repaired with cement (?). The cover is round, hinged in the centre; date unknown. [NB: there is a remote possibility that this font may have been moved into the new cathedral in mid-16th century from the 14th-century Igreja de Santa Maria, its predecessor. Miranda became an episcopal see in 1545, with the cathedral being built soon thereafter].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 728142 4597872
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]