Armamar No. 1
Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2013
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Results: 5 records
view of font and cover - northwest side
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 May 2013 by Joost Limburg
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view of font and cover - east side
Scene Description: notice the damage to the upper rim (left side) of the basin -- painted font? not known when the font was painted
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 May 2013 by Joost Limburg
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 May 2013 by Joost Limburg
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jlrsousa, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 April 2004 by Jlrsousa [http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Igreja_Matriz_de_Armamar.jpg] [accessed 2 June 2013]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: the font in cover on the south side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 May 2013 by Joost Limburg
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 18486ARM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja de São Miguel [aka Igreja Matriz de Armamar]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Notes: church built in the late-12thC or early 13thC, perhaps with the materials from the demolished Castelo here
Church Address: Praça da República, 5110 Armamar, Portugal
Site Location: Viseu, Centro, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located E of Lamego, in the Douro region
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Lamego
Historical Region: Douro
Additional Comments: painted font -- moved font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin raised on a round pedestal base and a quadrangular lower base; all plain. The lower base is partly buried into the later flooring. The wooden font cover consists of a frame that secures to the upper rim of the basin, a hinged portion of the top opening to give access to the basin interior. The following was communicated to BSI from a local source: "According to the DGEMN Boletim nr. 85 the font was put back near the main portal ('Arranjo e instalação do baptistério junto da entrada principal'), but it is now in front of one of the chapels." -- it makes sense, as the present location would not the original].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.info, for his information on and photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 609876 4551701
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.109167, -7.691389
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 6′ 33″ N, 7° 41′ 29″ W