Caramos
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Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2014
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 27 June 2014 by Joost Limburg
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Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2014 by Joost Limburg
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2014 by Joost Limburg
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19300CAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja paroquial de São Martinho / Igreja Matriz de Caramos é Igreja do Mosteiro de São Martinho de Caramos
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: originally the church of a monastery of Augustinian canons founded 1090 by Gonçalo Mendes, the son of conde Nuno Mendes [cf. SIPA ref.: IPA.00024158 [www.monumentos.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=24158] [accessed 27 June 2014]]
Church Address: Largo do Mosteiro 4610-023 Caramos, Felgueiras, Portugal
Site Location: Porto, Norte, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the EN101, in the municipality and 4-5 km SE of Felgueiras
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese do Porto
Historical Region: Douro littoral
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of late date; made of granite; consists of a round basin with decorated sides, a roll moulding at the bottom; baluster-type pedestal base, also in granite. The wooden cover is round; also modern. [NB: we have no information on the font of the Romanesque church here.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photographs of this church and modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 569461 4576820
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.339878, -8.16981
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 20' 23.56" N, 8° 10' 11.32" W