New Publication

Proceedings of the Study Day

La sella perduta. L'oreficeria tardoantica a Ravenna

The Study Day organised by the National Museums of Ravenna in 2024, 100 years after the theft of the so-called “Corazza di Teodorico”, was attended by various Italian and foreign experts. This volume publishes the contributions, which explore the themes of the discovery of the precious object in 1854 and its theft in 1924. The significance of this superb cloisonné artefact, now referred to in specialist literature as the ‘saddle of Ravenna’, was analysed in essays on the techniques and typology of the work and on the study of the historical context and craftsmanship, materials and visual culture of Ravenna in Late Antiquity. The book offers an enrichment of knowledge of cultural heritage and can provide a wide and varied audience with the latest advances in research.