Lourosa No. 2 / Oliveira do Hospital nr. Coimbra
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: late-medieval (?) font
INFORMATION
FontID: 21833LOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Igreja de São Pedro / Igreja Matrix de Lourosa
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Largo Igreja, Lourosa, Coimbra, Portugal
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Coimbra, Centro
Directions to Site: Located off (NE) the M517-CM1322 crossroads, S of the N17 / IC3, NE of Coimbra capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Coimbra
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the SW corner of the nave
Century and Period: 15th - 17th century, Late Medieval? / Renaissance?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.info] for his photographs of this church and fonts
Font Notes:
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One of two late-medieval (?) fonts in this church; this one consists of an octagonal basing with vertical sides an tall chafer on the underbowl; on an octagonal pedestal base; totally plain. Wooden font cover, octagonal and flat, with raised handle.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 40.3175, -7.9319
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 19′ 3″ N, 7° 55′ 54.84″ W
UTM: 29T 590750 4463545
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]