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
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"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 Regina

Photography
G. Cappellani