Leomil No. 2

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

view of font

view of font in context

view of font in context

Scene Description: seen here in the background, with the older font (left) and the stoup (right)

INFORMATION

FontID: 21231LEO
Church/Chapel: Igreja Paroquial de Nossa Senhora da Anunciação
Church Patron Saints: The Annunciation to St. Mary
Church Location: 6350-081 Leomil, Almeida, Guarda, Portugal
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Guarda, Centro
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Almeida
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese da Guarda [formerly in the Diocese de Viseu; later in the Diocese de Pinhel]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, N side
Century and Period: 17th century, Renaissance
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.info] for his photographs of this church and font
SIPA [IPA.00007653] [www.monumentos.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=7653] [accessed 23 May 2017] reports two stone baptismal fonts inside this church; of this one SIPA notes: "Interior com pia baptismal e púlpito no lado do Evangelho [...] pia baptismal seiscentista no lado do Evangelho"; and, it adds: "Do lado do Evangelho, pia baptismal de taça hemisférica sobre pequena coluna, surgindo, na parede, nicho rectilíneo com moldura de cantaria, protegido por portadas metálicas, encimado por painel de azulejo policromo, a representar o "Baptismo de Cristo"." The font consists of a plain (?) hemispherical basin raised on a short circular pedestal and a round-to-square moulded lower base; there is repaired damage on one of the sides of the upper rim, probablt related to a metal staple from an old cover, to judge by the rust marks on the stone nearby.

COORDINATES

UTM: 29T 672163 4500263

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round