Themes and Comparisons
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On this page I group together, for comparison, a variety of themes, aspects and elements. Please scroll down or choose from the list below.
     The majority of the smaller, aisless churches feature a square-ended chancel. There is just a handful of semicircular apses. Not shown: Roriz and Longos Vales. Ermida has a polygonal apse.
    Beakheads appear on the arches of only a few churches.
   On corbels beakheads are even rarer.
    Capitals: This is one of the comparisons Carlos de Almeida makes.
   An uncommon image of Atlantes (or what are they?).
   Capitals reused as corbels, often after a 17th or 18th century “remodelling” of the church.
     In the area East of Porto cowheads were popular for portals.
     On roof ridges crosses are mostly very simple like Sousa, but there are also more elaborate ones.
     Unfortunately very few fonts seem to have survived the ages. The one at Ribeiros may not be romanesque.
    In the region North of the Douro river this is one of the most widely used decorations. A small selection is shown here.
   A not so widely used motif.
     Musicians.
    Occasionally decorated stones of older churches are reused. Not shown: Cedofeita.
    The simplest form is little more than a decorated oculus.
    In the transitional period to gothic larger rose and wheel windows appear.
     If slit windows are decorated, it is usually only on the inside. On the E side of some square-ended chancels the decorations also appear on the outside.
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