San Mateo nr. Peniscola / Sant Mateu

Image copyright © Paloma Parra, 2019

image and permission from the author received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 May 2019)

Results: 8 records

view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Portada lateral gòtica de l'església arxiprestal de Sant Mateu (Baix Maestrat)"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Columbusalbus, 2009

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 23 April 2009 by Columbusalbus [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porta_lateral_de_l'arxiprestal_de_Sant_Mateu.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2019]

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view of church exterior - west façade

Scene Description: Source caption: "Església_Arxiprestal de Sant Mateu,_portada_romànica_i_cúpula".

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Enfo, 2011

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 8 March 2011 by Enfo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Església_Arxiprestal_de_Sant_Mateu,_portada_romànica_i_cúpula.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2019]

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view of church exterior - west portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Portada principal romànica de l'església arxiprestal de Sant Mateu (Baix Maestrat), decorada per la celebració de la Mare de Déu dels Àngels."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Columbusalbus, 2009

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 23 April 2009 by Columbusalbus [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porta_principal_de_l'arxiprestal_de_Sant_Mateu.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2019]

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view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fotomuntatge dels capitells romànics de l'església arxiprestal de Sant Mateu (Baix Maestrat)" -- the three capitals on the left correspond to those on the north side of the west portal; the three capitals on the right correspond to those on the south side of the west portal

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Columbusalbus, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 April 2009 by Columbusalbus [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capitells_romànics_Sant_Mateu.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2019]

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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Columbusalbus, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 April 2009 by Columbusalbus [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arxiprestal_de_Sant_Mateu.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2019]

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view of church interior - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Millars, 2015

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 August 2015 by Millars [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Església_arxiprestal_de_Sant_Mateu_01.JPG] [accessed 26 May 2019]

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view of church interior - looking west

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Millars, 2015

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 August 2015 by Millars [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Església_arxiprestal_de_Sant_Mateu_36.JPG] [accessed 26 May 2019]

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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paloma Parra, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Paloma Parra

Copyright Instructions: image and permission from the author received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 May 2019)

INFORMATION

FontID: 22175MAT
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Arciprestal de San Mateo / Església arxiprestal de Sant Mateu
Church Patron Saints: St. Matthew
Church Location: Carrer de Sant Domenech, 12, 12170 Sam Mateo / Sant Mateu, Castellón, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Castellón, Comunidad Valenciana / Comunitat Valenciana
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the CV-10, 65 km N of Valencia capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Valencia
Historical Region: Bajo Maestrazgo / Baix Maestrat
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery chapel
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Paloma Parra for her photograph of this font
Church Notes: town given 1237 to the Hospitallers of St John; transferred to the Montesa Order in 1319; Iglesia Arciprestal (13th-18thC) and Iglesia de S Pedro (13th-18thC)
Baptismal font of tub shape, the only decoration on it is a torus-scotia combination at the upper rim; rests on a modern? / later? marble plinth; it appears to be a font of crude workmansip. Hard to date but perhaps from the early-Gothic church. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 40.465278, 0.180556
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 27′ 55″ N, 0° 10′ 50″ E
UTM: 31T 260959 4483219

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round