Bari, cathedral

"Slaves" capital

Second half of the 12th century,

    White marble capital decorated with two figures of Atlantes kneeling addorsed, and between them masks of demons, their mouths spewing forth rinceaux.

Dimensions of the object
51 x 27 x 11 cm

Bibliography
- I Normanni, popolo d'Europa, Roma-Venezia, 1994, Mario d'Onofrio (dir.) , n° 299.
- Trésors romans d'Italie du Sud et de Sicile, 1995, G. Coppola (dir.) n° 33.
- Italie des Normands, Normandie des Plantagenêts, Musée de Normandie, Caen, 1995, n° 19.

Location
Bari, Pinacoteca Provinciale

Photography
Photo B. Delorme