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Palermo, Palace of the Normans
Jewel box 12th – 13th c.
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Palermo, Palace of the Normans
Jewel box 12th – 13th c.
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Back of a jewel box (taken in 1309 as a reliquary), one of the rarest examples of medieval Muslim art. The inscriptions, in "neski" characters, and the decorations, are realised with ivory incrustations on black background.
Bibliography
- "L'età normanna e sveva in Sicilia", catalogo della mostra a Palazzo dei Normanni a Palermo, organizzata dall'Assemblea Regionale Siciliana, Palermo, 1994.Location
Palermo, Tesoro della Cappella Palatina, Palazzo dei NormanniPhotography
G. Cappellani