Basto / São Clemente de Basto nr. Celorico de Basto
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 September 2013 by Joost Limburg
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 September 2013 by Joost Limburg
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design element - motifs - floral and foliage
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 27 September 2013 by Joost Limburg
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 September 2013 by Joost Limburg
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2013
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 27 September 2013 by Joost Limburg
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 18708BAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja de São Clemente
Font Location in Church: inside the church, in an alcove off the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Clement
Church Address: Rua Igreja, 4890-542 Basto, Braga, Portugal
Site Location: Braga, Norte, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the EN311, ENE of Guimaraes, in the municipality of Celorico de Basto
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Braga
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of granite, consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a large foliage motif on the front side, raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal base and a square lower base decorated with a roll moulding at the front. There is a large crack on the upper side of the basin, now repaired. The cover is round and flat, with patterned sides. The font is located in an alcove off the nave.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 579742 4591559
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.471667, -8.045
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 28′ 18″ N, 8° 2′ 42″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]