São Martinho No. 2 in Covilha / Covilhã
INFORMATION
FontID: 20626COV
Object Type: Baptismal Font2 (fragment)
Church/Chapel: Capela de São Martinho [formerly sede da paróquia de São Martinho]
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: rua Marquês de Ávila e Bolama, São Martinho, 6200 Covilhã, Portugal
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Castelo Branco, Centro
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese da Guarda
Historical Region: Beira Baixa
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photograph of this church and font
Font Notes:
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A much damaged stone basin of roughly hemispherical shape, now inside the Capela de São Martinho, but probably from one of the disappeared 'freguesias' nearby (São Vicente, São João do Monte, etc.); the basin has a drain hole.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 40.277222, -7.526944
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 16′ 38″ N, 7° 31′ 37″ W
UTM: 29T 625232 4459568
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining