Caminha No. 3
Results: 5 records
design element - motifs - foliage - scroll
design element - motifs - floral - rosette
design element - motifs - foliage
view of stoup
design element - motifs - moulding - graded
Scene Description: at both ends of the stem
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24561CAM
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Late Gothic? / Manueline
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção / Igreja Matriz de Caminha
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: 4910-155 Caminha, Portugal
Site Location: Viana do Castelo, Norte, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N13 [aka Av. Dr. Dantas Carneiro], on the S shores of the Minho river estuary, just E of the border with Spain
Historical Region: Alto Minho
Font Notes:
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A baptismal font and two holy-water stoups are noted and illustrated in 7 Maravilhas da Igreja Matriz de Caminha [http://7matrizdecaminha.blogspot.com/2011/02/pias-de-agua-benta-e-baptismal.html] [accessed 29 December 2022]. This one consits of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with foliage scrolls and rosettes on thesides, and a foliated pattern around the narrow underbowl; the round pedestal base is moulded at both ends.
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 513368 4636250
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.878056, -8.838889
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 52′ 41″ N, 8° 50′ 20″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round