São Martinho de Mouros / São Martinho

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design element - motifs - scallop
design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
view of basin - interior
view of church exterior - northwest view
view of church exterior - west portal
view of church interior - capital

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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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view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of church interior - nave - looking west
INFORMATION
FontID: 20028MOU
Church/Chapel: Igreja Paroquial de São Martinho
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Lugar de Sub-Adro, São Martinho de Mouros, 4690 Resende, Viseu, Portugal
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Viseu, Norte
Directions to Site: Located off the EN222, in the municipality of, and near Resende
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Lamego
Historical Region: Douro Litoral
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photograph of this church and font
Church Notes: original church here 12th-13thC
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
41.101863,
-7.898564
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
41° 6′ 6.71″ N,
7° 53′ 54.83″ W
UTM: 29T 592490 4550649
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining