Miranda do Douro

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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 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]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 18058MIR
Church/Chapel: Sé Catedral de Miranda do Douro
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Bragança, Norte
Directions to Site: Located NE of Mogadouro, near the Spanish border
Historical Region: Alto Douro, Trás-os-Montes, Terra de Miranda
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photograph of this font
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].

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]