Transenna Post
Unknown Artist
700s-800s
Medium
marble
Dimensions
h. 110.2 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
General Income Fund
Accession Number
1920.286
About this artwork
In Christian architecture a transenna is an openwork screen of stone or metal enclosing a shrine. These transenna elements were found in Rome; the posts were said to have been excavated on the Coelian Hill and may have originally formed part of the transenna of the Church of San Saba. The Lombards were an ancient Germanic-speaking tribe that settled in Italy after 568. Their artistic tradition was originally centered on small objects of personal adornment like buckles and brooches. After occupyi...