Between the end of the 5th and the end of the 6th centuries, over 1500 tonnes of marble were brought from Constantinople to Ravenna for the construction of its churches: if we consider that all the elements of liturgical furniture (ambos, parapets, fences, wall and floor covering slabs) and the large number of sarcophagi are excluded by this calculation, in scale this figure corresponds to a very considerable trade. According to a tradition of studies already rooted in the Department of History and Cultures of the University of Bologna, in 2013 a multidisciplinary and comprehensive review of the sculptures of Ravenna (4th-7th c.) was undertaken in a Mediterranean perspective
Ricerche sui materiali marmorei e lapidei di età tardoantica a Ravenna
BARONIO P;
2019-01-01
Abstract
Between the end of the 5th and the end of the 6th centuries, over 1500 tonnes of marble were brought from Constantinople to Ravenna for the construction of its churches: if we consider that all the elements of liturgical furniture (ambos, parapets, fences, wall and floor covering slabs) and the large number of sarcophagi are excluded by this calculation, in scale this figure corresponds to a very considerable trade. According to a tradition of studies already rooted in the Department of History and Cultures of the University of Bologna, in 2013 a multidisciplinary and comprehensive review of the sculptures of Ravenna (4th-7th c.) was undertaken in a Mediterranean perspectiveI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
