Coucieiro
Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2013
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 April 2013 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 April 2013 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 18440COU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Igreja Paroquial de São João Batista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Avenida da Igreja de São João Batista de Coucieiro, 4730 Coucieiro, Vila Verde
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Braga, Norte
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Vila Verde
Ecclesiastic Region: Arquidiocese de Braga
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: the original Romanesque church is said to date from the 12thC; renovated in the 19thC [http://www.monumentos.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=1128] and [www.romanicoportugal.info/braga3.htm#coucieiro] [both accessed 28 April 2013]
Font Notes:
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The present baptismal font is made of fine-grain granite and consists of an octagonal (?) basin of plain short sides with a rounded underbowl, raised on short pedestal octagonal-to-square base. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat with moulded sides, and is secured to the basin side via a short hasp [NB: we have no information on the font from the original late-12th century church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 550266 4613962
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]