Arca o Cassa di San Zanobi
Object type
Reliquiary
Place
Florence, Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral
Location
St. Zenobius chapel
Provenance
Florence, Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, St. Zenobius chapel
Materials and technique
Bronze cast, chiseled and patinated
Dimensions
cm 85x193
Inscriptions
CAPVT / BEATI ZENOBII FL / ORENTINI EPISCOPI / IN CVIVS HONOREM / HEC ARCA INSIGNI OR / NATU FABRICATA / FECIT
Conservation
Good
Printed sources
GHIBERTI (ed. VON SCHLOSSEN) 1919, p. 48; VASARI 1550, 1568 (ed. BETTARINI BAROCCHI 1971) voI, III, pp. 90-91; RAZZI 1627, pp. 74-88; BALDINUCCI 1681 (ed. RANALLI 1845), I, p. 381; MINERBETTI 1685, pp. 68-70; RICHA, 1757, II, pp. 202-204; FOLLINI-RESTRELLI, 1790, II, pp. 17-27, pp. 234-239, pp. 334-339
Bibliographic references
CICOGNARA 1823, IV, pp. 195-196, p. 204, pp. 221-222; GAYE 1839, I, pp. 543-544; VILLANI 1845, III, p. 155; PERKINS 1868, p. 466; PERKINS 1870, pp. 165-166; PERKINS 1886, pp. 92-94; REYMOND 1896, pp. 125-136; REYMOND 1898, II, pp. 62-63; COCCHI 1900; VENTURI 1908, VI, pp. 167-169; POGGI 1909, pp. XCV-CI, pp. 172-199; VENTURI 1923, XXVI, n. 30, p. 251; KRAUTHEIMER 1937, LXXI, n. 413, pp. 68-80; SCHLOSSER 1941 , pp. 55, 57, 80, 84, 90, 104, 107, 213; GALASSI 1949, p. 55; GOLDSCHEIDER 1949, pp. 146-147; PLANISCIG 1949, pp. 72-74; VALENTINER 1950, pp. 55, 66; PAATZ 1952, pp. 379, 528; KRAUTHEIMER 1958, pp. 16, 21; BRUNETTI 1966, pp. 20, 37-38; BLOOM 1969, LI, n. 2, pp. 164-169; MIDDELDORF 1971 CXIII, n. 815, pp. 72-79; POPE-HENNESSY 1972, pp. 36, 204, 208; GALLI 2005, pp. 202-209
Validation
Dora Liscia Bemporad, 06/05/2021
Files
Collection
Citation
Lorenzo Ghiberti, “Arca o Cassa di San Zanobi,” Portale Ghiberti, accessed May 15, 2026, https://sbafirenze.it/ghibertiana/items/show/209.