Leomil No. 2
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Scene Description: seen here in the background, with the older font (left) and the stoup (right)
design element - motifs - roll moulding
INFORMATION
Font ID: 21231LEO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja Paroquial de Nossa Senhora da Anunciação de Leomil
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): The Annunciation to St. Mary
Church Address: 6350-081 Leomil, Almeida, Guarda, Portugal
Site Location: Guarda, Centro, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N324, in the municipality and 11-12 km SW of Almeida
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese da Guarda [formerly in the Diocese de Viseu; later in the Diocese de Pinhel]
Font Notes:
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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.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.info] for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 672163 4500263
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round