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Palace of the Normans
Holy Water font 13th century |
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Palace of the Normans
Holy Water font 13th century |
Shell shaped marble Holy Water font, with an embossed frame representing a soldier with a falcon. This figure could let us address the piece to the Swabian age. However, the habit to self-carry a falcon was very popular in the 12th century too.
Bibliography
- "L'età normanna e sveva in Sicilia", Catalogo della mostra al Palazzo dei Normanni a Palermo organizzata dall'Assemblea Regionale Siciliana, Palermo 1994.Location
Palermo, Palazzo dei Normanni, Cappella della ReginaPhotography
G. Cappellani