Sao Pedro in Trancoso / São Pedro
Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2014
Standing permission
Results: 4 records
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 October 2014 by Joost Limburg
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - motifs - braid - 2-strand
Scene Description: notice the niche carved for an old cover lock
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 October 2014 by Joost Limburg
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior in context - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Vitor Oliveira, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 November 2005 by Vitor Oliveira [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trancoso.JPG] [accessed 17 November 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
design element - architectural - arcade - pointed arches - upside-down
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Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2014
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 21 October 2014 by Joost Limburg
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19508TRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja Matriz de São Pedro
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: original church here ca. 1320; present church is 18thC
Church Address: Praça Dom Dinis, 6420-051 Trancoso, Guarda, Portugal
Site Location: Guarda, Centro, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the EN102, WNW of Guarda
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese da Guarda
Historical Region: Beira Interior Norte / Beira Alta
Additional Comments: altered font? has it been drastically restored or is it modern? is it a composite font?
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a tub-shaped basin decorated with a two-strand braid around its middle; the front has a square indentation made to fit a cover lock; raised on a round pedestal base that has an arcade of pointed arches upside down; on a plain round lower base or plinth. Metal cover of octagonal pyramidal shape.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 639776 4516550
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]