Vilela

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design element - patterns - ribbed
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18435VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Igreja de Santo Estêvão [Mosteiro de Cónegos Crúzios/Regrantes de Santo Estevão de Vilela]
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: Avenida Nossa Senhora de Fátima, 4580 Vilela, Paredes
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Porto, Norte
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Paredes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese do Porto
Century and Period: 16th century[basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photograph of this font
Church Notes: the original monastery is believed to date to ca. 1000, documented since 1030, as would have been its original Romanesque church; the present church is an 18thC re-construction; there are few remains of the original church
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of a composite nature, consisting of a circular basin made of coarse granite, vertical sides with a rounded underbowl, the outer surface decorated with a pattern of very thin ribs that carry on the underbowl; the surface is in very poor state of conservation, much eroded and with spots of damage all over but specially at the upper sides and rim; it is raised on a round pedestal base drcorated with a similar pattern, but of different stone and probably later date, as is the lower base. No cover present, but there is sheet of transparent glass or plastic protecting the top.
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 551584 4565151
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining