Chapel of S Matrona
| Name of structure: | Chapel of S Matrona |
| Extended name of structure: | In the church of S Prisco |
| Type of structure: | Chapel |
| Country or main area: | Italy |
| Region within country or main area: | Campania |
| City or area within region: | San Prisco |
| Date of structure: | Second church from Late Antiquity replaced by present in 1760s. |
| Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 7 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Walls, vaults. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Lunette above west door: Christ
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| Date of mosaic: | Contemporary with date of structure? |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 7 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | n/a |
| Has analysis been done? | No |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 17C |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Mackie, G., Early Christian Chapels in the West (Toronto, Buffalo London: Toronto University press, 2003). Bovini, G., 'Osservazioni sui mosaici paleocristiani della chiesa di S Prisco a S Prisco presso S Maria Capua Vetere', Capys 2 (1967), 6-12. Bovini, G., 'Nisaici paleocristiani scomparsi di S Prisco', Corsi di cultura sull'arte ravennate e bizantina 14 (1967), 43-62. Fariolo, R., 'La decorazione musiva della cappella di S Matrona nella chiesa di S Prisco presso Capua', Corsi di cultura sull'arte ravennate e bizantina 14 (1967), 267-91. Monachus, M., Sanctuarium Capuanum, 1st ed (Naples, 1630), biblioteca Naztionale di Napoli, MS IX, G. 32. |
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| Comments: | Description of apse mosaic in E. Muntz, 'Notes sur les mosaïques chrétiennes de L'Italie. IX: Les mosaïques de Siponte, De Capous, de Verceil, D'olona, et d'Albenga', Revue Archaéologique 17 (1891), 70-86. This is based on text from 1630 quoted in the footnotes. |