Vila Cova da Lixa

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design element - motifs - arris

Scene Description: painted ochre

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

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design element - motifs - garland

Scene Description: painted blue

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

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

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

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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

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

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

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

FontID: 19303VIL

Church/Chapel: Igreja Paroquial do Divino Salvador

Church Patron Saints: Jesus Christ

Church Location: Rua da Igreja - 4615-523 Lixa, Felgueiras -- Tel.: 255491369

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 off the nave

Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque

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 here consecrated in 1238; present building chiefly 18thC

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

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.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 19' 25.48" N, 8° 9' 6.59" W

UTM: 29T 570159 4575021

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]