São Martinho de Mouros / São Martinho
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Results: 9 records
view of font
view of basin - interior
design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
design element - motifs - scallop
view of church exterior - west portal
view of church exterior - northwest view
view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of church interior - nave - looking west
view of church interior - capital
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: B&W photograph taken ca. 1954 by Mário Novais, in Biblioteca de Arte / Art Library Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian [CFT015.399.ic] [www.flickr.com/photos/biblarte/2907178890/] [accessed 30 August 2015]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 20028MOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja Paroquial de São Martinho
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: original church here 12th-13thC
Church Address: Lugar de Sub-Adro, São Martinho de Mouros, 4690 Resende, Viseu, Portugal
Site Location: Viseu, Norte, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the EN222, in the municipality of, and near Resende
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Lamego
Historical Region: Douro Litoral
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 12th-13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of granite consisting of a hemispehrical basin decorated with a row of scallop motif below the rim, and concave ribbed pattern all aeround the basin and underbowl; on a plain circular pedestal base of two volumes; the basin upper rim shows evidence of damage and repairs. No cover present.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photograph of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 592490 4550649
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.101863, -7.898564
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 6′ 6.71″ N, 7° 53′ 54.83″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining