Marinhas
Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2015
Standing permission
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view of font
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 December 2015 by Joost Limburg
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - northeast view - detail
Scene Description: some old corbels on what was originally the nave or chancel wall of the medieval church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 December 2015 by Joost Limburg
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Marinhasonline, 2014
Image Source: photograph in http://marinhasonline.blogspot.ca/2014/05/igreja.html [accessed 23 December 2015]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Marinhasonline, 2014
Image Source: photograph in http://marinhasonline.blogspot.ca/2014/05/igreja.html [accessed 23 December 2015]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
Font ID: 20249MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja Paroquial de São Miguel Arcanjo de Marinhas
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Avenida da Igreja, 4740-571 Marinhas, Esposende, Portugal -- Tel.: +351 253 961 391
Site Location: Braga, Norte, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N13, in the municipality and 4-5 km N of Esposende, about 30 km W of Braga
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Braga
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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The present font is modern, made of granite; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin with a thin moulding at the upper rim, a stylised ribbed pattern on the underbowl; raised on a round pedestal base with mouldings at both ends. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photograph of this church and modern font