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 font
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 in context
view of stoup
INFORMATION
Font ID: 23927JUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja Matriz de Junça / Igreja de Santa Maria Madalena
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Church Notes: 17thC church
Church Address: Rua da Igreja, 6350-072 Almeida, Portugal -- Tel.: 271574959
Site Location: Guarda, Centro, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N332, in the municipality and 5-6 km ESE of Almeida, W of the border with Spain
Additional Comments: altered font (the inner basin later modified by a partition)
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.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grategul to Estrella López Berdote for her photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 678688 4505539
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: the drain hole is now in the larger of the two divisions of the basin interior
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]