Ferreira de Aves

Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2013
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Results: 9 records
design element - motifs - ball-in-socket - 4
design element - motifs - geometric
design element - motifs - roll moulding
design element - motifs - roll moulding
design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal
view of church exterior - south portal
view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum
view of church exterior - south view
INFORMATION
FontID: 18445FER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Igreja de Santo André / Igreja Matriz de Ferreira de Aves
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Rua da Igreja, 3560 Castelo, Sátão
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Viseu, Norte
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Sátão
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in its baptistery
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: church probably built in the 12thC re-using stone from the old castle here [source: SIPA [www.monumentos.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=3728] [accessed 29 April 2013]]
Font Notes:
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Described in the SIPA [www.monumentos.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=3728] [accessed 29 April 2013]: baptismal font located on the north side; it consists of a hemispherical basin with diagonal ribbing on the underbowl; short pedestal base with decoration at the angles; provided with a wooden cover [="No lado do Evangelho, pia baptismal com taça hemisférica, tendo a zona inferior atravessada por cordame torço e base com os ângulos decorados; encontra-se protegida por teia de madeira."]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 48' 30.83" N, 7° 39' 55.09" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone