Mataro / Mataró

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07929MAT
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 6th century, Byzantine
Museum: Museu de Mataró, 5 446
Church / Chapel Name: [formerly in Santa Maria de Mataró]
Font Location in Church: in museum -- formerly in the sacristy of Santa Maria, in Mataro
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for the museum] El Carreró, 17, 08301 Mataró, Barcelona, Spain Province: Barcelona -- Tel.: +34 937 58 24 01
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Mataró is located off the N-II, about 35 km NE of Barcelona capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barcelona
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: formerly a Byzantine capital or impost
Font Notes:
Described in Art romà... (1999: 243) as a former Byzantine Ionic capital mounted on a large impost that was recycled as baptismal font and used at the church of Santa Maria; the impost is a quadrangular piece of prismatic shape; the basin/capital has four drain holes, only one of which remains open; like some other Barcelona pieces originating in Constatinople it was probably taken over during the 4th Crusade, via the south of Italy or Sicily.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 453728 4598836
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.539839, 2.445253
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 32′ 23.42″ N, 2° 26′ 42.91″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: capital, mounted
Drainage System: four drainage systems
Drainage Notes: [cf. Font notes]
Notes on Measurements: [source measurements problem]

REFERENCES

  • Del romà al romànic: història, art i cultura de la Tarraconense mediterrània entre els segles IV i X, Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1999, p. 243