Borba de Godim / São Miguel de Borba de Godim

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: the cover lock and the hole for the missing hardware

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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 27 June 2014 by Joost Limburg

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19302BOR
Church/Chapel: Igreja Paroquial de São Miguel / Igreja matriz de Borba de Godim
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Lugar de Igreja, 4610 Borba de Godim, Felgueiras
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Porto, Norte
Directions to Site: Located off the N101, in the municipality of Felgueiras
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese do Porto
Historical Region: Douro littoral
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove on the north side of the nave
Century and Period: 13th - 16th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: the font at nearby Santão
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: original church said to have been founded in the 10thC by Analso Guiçois
Baptismal font of granite; it consists of an octagonal basin with plain sides, the front with a cut-off for the old font cover lock; on a plain octagonal pedestal base. Plain flat octagonal cover; lock broken, the part on the basin side missing.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 19' 28.25" N, 8° 8' 9.78" W
UTM: 29T 571513 4574479

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

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