A grooved ark Renaissance juniper (or cedar) front with grooved decoration and backgrounds filled with black mass (gall nut) "Classical arches, imaginary animals and four-petaled flowers", front edge of the top with grooved decoration, punctured top of the boards, interior with pigeonhole, hinges and iron lock Portuguese - Azores 16th/17th C. missing socle, restoration, missing lock mechanism and pigeonhole cover, other faults and minor defects Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 49,5 x 118,5 x 54,2 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