Vila Cova da Lixa
Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2014
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Results: 5 records
view of font and cover
Scene Description: notice the top of the partition painted blue in the inner well of the basin; surely a later addition
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2014 by Joost Limburg
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design element - motifs - arris
Scene Description: painted ochre
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2014 by Joost Limburg
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design element - motifs - garland
Scene Description: painted blue
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2014 by Joost Limburg
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view of church exterior - south view - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2014 by Joost Limburg
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: in its alcove or baptistery
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: 19303VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja Paroquial do Divino Salvador
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove off the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): Jesus Christ
Church Notes: original church here consecrated in 1238; present building chiefly 18thC
Church Address: Rua da Igreja - 4615-523 Lixa, Felgueiras -- Tel.: 255491369
Site Location: Porto, Norte, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N101, in the municipality of Felgueiras
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese do Porto
Historical Region: Douro littoral
Additional Comments: painted font / altered font (partition of the inner well)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a large polygonal [octagonal?] basin decorated with arris mouldings and a garland around the sides; the metal locking plate for the cover is still in place at the front; raised on a squat polygonal [octagonal?] base. The font is painted all over, the decorations enhanced in ochre and blue. It appears that the inner well of the basin has been partitioned, this probably done at a later date. The wooden cover is modern, hinged at the back; also painted.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 570159 4575021
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 19' 25.48" N, 8° 9' 6.59" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
Drainage Notes: no lining; interior partitioned
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]