Palermo,
Church S. Michele de Indulciis
.
Sicily

Trilingual epigraphic tombstone

12th century (second half)

    Trilingual epigraphic tombstone (Greek, Latin, Arabic), built after 1163, on the tomb of the parents of Grisando, clergyman of the Great King of Sicily (William II), in memory of the Father Drogo, died in 1153, while Roger II was still reigning.

Dimensions of the object
37 x 33 cm

Bibliography
- L'età normanna e sueva in Sicilia / Assemblea Regionale Siciliana. - Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo, 1994, p. 148-149.
- Italie des Normands, Normandie des Plantagenêts, Musée de Normandie, Caen, 1995, n° 41.

Location
Palermo, Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo

Photography
G. Cappellani