Vilar Maior No. 2
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Results: 4 records
view of font
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2016 by Joost Limburg
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view of basin - upper view
Scene Description: with evidence of old tape anchorings in the upper rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2016 by Joost Limburg
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design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2016 by Joost Limburg
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2016 by Joost Limburg
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 20629VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja Paroquial de São Pedro
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: original church said to be 13thC
Church Address: Vilar Maior, 6320 Sabugal, Portugal
Site Location: Beira Interior, Distrito da Guarda, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N332, in the municipality of Sebugal, W of the Spanish border, about 30 km SSE of Guarda
Historical Region: Beira alta
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of granite consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a pattern of wide flat diagonal ribs all around, raised on a short pedestal base of cylindrical shape. There is no font cover present now but the upper rim of the basin has remains of the metal anchorings of an old cover. The font appears to have been re-tooled or drastically cleaned. [cf. Index entry Vilar Maior No. 1 for an earlier font in this church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photograph of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 662773 4468368
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]