Fontarcada No. 2 / Fonte Arcada

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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Manuel Anastácio, 2007

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 18 August 2007 by Manuel Anastácio [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Timpano_po_portal_lateral_sul_fontarcada.JPG] [accessed 30 April 2013]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 October 2012 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]

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view of church exterior - west portal - north side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Manuel Anastácio, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 November 2007 by Manuel Anastácio [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pormenor_Fontarcada_portal.JPG] [accessed 30 April 2013]

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view of church exterior - west portal - north side - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Manuel Anastácio, 2007

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 18 November 2007 by Manuel Anastácio [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pormenor_Fontarcada_portal.JPG] [accessed 30 April 2013]

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view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Manuel Anastácio, 2007

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 18 November 2007 by Manuel Anastácio [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Timpano_Fontarcada_portal.JPG] [accessed 30 April 2013]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 October 2012 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]

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view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 October 2012 by Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 18449FON
Church/Chapel: Igreja de São Salvador [aka Igreja de Fonte Arcada (Lugar do Mosteiro)]
Church Patron Saints: Jesus Christ
Church Location: Lugar do Mosteiro, 4830-198 Fontarcada, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Portugal
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Braga, Norte
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the N205, 2-3 km E of, and in the municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso, ENE of Braga
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Braga
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 18th century, Renaissance
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: originally the site of a Benedictine monastery, 'Mosteiro beneditino de São Salvador', founded in 1067; the present church probably early-12thC [source: www.igespar.pt/pt/patrimonio/pesquisa/geral/patrimonioimovel/detail/70232/ [accessed 30 April 2013]]
Baptismal font consisting of a a shallow octagonal basin with a flat moulding at the upper sides, rounded underbowl; raised on a slender octagonal pedestal base with graded moulding on the lower base. Flat wooden cover with raised centre part; appears modern. A graceless font in a church with noteworthy sculptural remains from its Romanesque period. [NB: cf. Index entry for Fontarcada No. 1 for a possible medieval font of the church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.579289, -8.245619
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 34′ 45.44″ N, 8° 14′ 44.23″ W
UTM: 29T 562886 4603342

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]