Moreira de Rei in Trancoso No. 1

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Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2014

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view of basin

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 interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the original parish church, used for many years as a necropolis, serves now as cultural activities centre
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 October 2014 by Joost Limburg
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

Font ID: 19510MOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja de Santa Marinha [Igreja Velha]
Font Location in Church: inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: original church here ca.1148; re-built 1320, 1735 [SIPA ref.: IPA.00002993 [Número IPA Antigo: PT020913120003]]
Church Address: Rua Largo da Praça, 6420 Trancoso, Guarda, Portugal
Site Location: Guarda, Centro, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located N of Trancoso, W of the EN102, N of Guarda
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese da Guarda
Historical Region: Beira Interior Norte / Beira Alta
Font Notes:
A crude basin of round shape with a pronounced underbowl chamfer; damage from possible old cover hardware on the upper rim; resting directly on the ground but clearly intended to have been raised on a pedestal base. No cover present. [NB: local source suggests this may have been the font of the other church in this village -- cf. Index entry for Moreira de Rei... No. 2]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photographs of this church and font

COORDINATES

UTM: 29T 641586 4521212
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.829722, -7.320833
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 49′ 47″ N, 7° 19′ 15″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining