Junca / Junça

Image copyright © Estrella López Berdote, 2022
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 May 2022)
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: the drain hole is in the larger subdivision of the basin interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Estrella López Berdote, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 17 April 2022 by Estrella López Berdote
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 May 2022)
view of church exterior - west façade
view of church interior - statue
view of church interior - statue
view of font
view of font in context
view of object
INFORMATION
FontID: 23927JUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Igreja Matriz de Junça / Igreja de Santa Maria Madalena
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Church Location: Rua da Igreja, 6350-072 Almeida, Portugal -- Tel.: 271574959
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Guarda, Centro
Directions to Site: Located off the N332, in the municipality and 5-6 km ESE of Almeida, W of the border with Spain
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century, Renaissance
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grategul to Estrella López Berdote for her photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: 17thC church
Font Notes:
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Stone baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with concave ribs all around, raised on a square pedestal base; the interior of the basin is divided into two compartments now but the division is a later alteration. No cover present but there is a metal anchoring from an old cover in the upper rim.
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 678688 4505539
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: 2?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: the drain hole is now in the larger of the two divisions of the basin interior
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]