Friestas / Friestas e Longos Vales / Sanfins de Friestas
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design element - motifs - panel
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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view of church exterior - cloister - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 November 2011 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Sanfins_de_Friestas_(1922139668).jpg] [accessed 22 March 2019]
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view of church exterior - west portal - south side - capital
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view of church exterior - west portal - north side - capital
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view of church exterior - west portal - lintel
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view of church exterior - apse - window
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view of church exterior - south portal - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 November 2011 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monasterio_de_Sanfins_de_Friestas_(6425561315).jpg] [accessed 22 March 2019]
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view of church exterior - south portal
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view of church exterior - north portal - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 March 2007 vy José Antonio Gil Martínez [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Sanfins_de_Friestas_(435358740).jpg] [accessed 22 March 2019]
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view of church exterior - apse - capital
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lucas Martínez Farrapeira, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 May 2013 by Lucas Martínez Farrapeira [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mosteiro_de_Sanfins_(15726973938).jpg] [accessed 22 March 2019]
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view of church exterior - southeast end
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view of church exterior - souhwest view
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2011
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 22047FRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 15th century [basin only] [altered?], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja de São Fins de Friestas / Mosteiro de São Fins de Friestas
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): São Fins de Friestas
Church Notes: church of a 12thC monastery (either Benedictine of Augustiniain?) -- Classificado como MN - Monumento Nacional Decreto n.º 14 425, DG, I Série, n.º 228, de 15-10-1927
Church Address: EM1048 110, Sanfins de Friestas / Valença, Portugal
Site Location: Viana do Castelo, Norte, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the M1048, S of the N101, 6-7 km E of Valença, S of the Minho river and the border with Spain
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Viana do Castelo
Historical Region: Valença do Minho
Additional Comments: altered font? (the medieval (?) basin has been altered and the pedestal base appears to be a later replacement)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin of yellowish granite, its outer surface divided into panels both on the basin sides and the underbowl; there is evidence of two old cover hardware anchoring spots in the upper rim, as well as one on the side in which a lock was inserted; the inner basin has been divided into two by a cemented partition, division that appears modern, certainly 16thC or later; the octagonal pedestal base appears to be a later addition. There is no cover present.
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 534590 4653349
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.031419, -8.582125
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 1′ 53.11″ N, 8° 34′ 55.65″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining