A grooved ark Renaissance juniper (or cedar) front with grooved decoration filled with black pasta (gall nut) "Imaginary animals and plant motifs" centre with oval reserve "Shield with monogram", punctured tops of the boards Portuguese - Azores 16th/17th C. missing socle, missing pidgeonhole inside, restoration, minor faults and defects, some later mounts, traces of woodworms Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 49 x 144 x 50 cm Notes: this type of ark was studied in FERRÃO, Bernardo - "Mobiliário Português - dos primórdios ao maneirismo - volume quarto - Anexos". Porto: Lello & Irmão - Editores, 1990, pp. 7-35, reproducing various copies