Couto (São Miguel) No. 2 / Sao Miguel do Couto / São Miguel do Couto
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 September 2012 by Joost Limburg
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view of font
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Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 September 2012 by Joost Limburg
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view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2014
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 27 September 2012 by Joost Limburg
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view of basin - upper view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 September 2012 by Joost Limburg
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 September 2012 by Joost Limburg
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19198COU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja Paroquial de São Miguel [aka Igreja de São Rosendo, Igreja Matriz de São Miguel do Couto]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the sacristy
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Rua Padre Luís Gonzaga Martins Pinheiro (EN 319), 4780 Santo Tirso
Site Location: Porto, Norte, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N319, 7 km SE of Santo Tirso
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese do Porto
Font Notes:
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There is a font-like object made of granite in the sacristy of this church; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin, the sides graded in five broad flat mouldings; it is raised on a round pedestal base of a different stone, perhaps not the original.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photographs of this object
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 544954 4575685
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Notes on Measurements: "The basin is a little less than 1 meter wide" [source: e-mail from Joost Limburg of 4 May 2014]