transenna
Isaac Kremer/ January 14, 2018/ / 0 comments
Latticework of marble or metal enclosing a shrine. They are meant to shield areas not to be entered by the congregation, yet they allowed people to look over them. The word transenna comes from the Latin for “net” or “latticework.” 2. In ancient Roman construction, a crossbeam. (Harris, 1977) Photo from the Crofoot Ballroom, Pontiac, Michigan, 2007.