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Giuseppe Schiro.
The Palatine Chapel.

Published Palermo: Casa Editrice Mistretta, 1999.
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: Grafica Artigiana, Bologna.
Size: 212x283x9mm.
Page count: 104pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some mild scuffs on the covers, a little wear on the edges and corners; the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.


This item £8.00
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within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 604g.

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Contents: A brief history; Interior; Ambo; Easter candelabra; Royal throne; Mosaics; Presbytery; Vertical sequence; Pantocrator of the central doe; Aulic or dynastic sequence; Christ Light & Life; Nativity of Christ; Horizontal or perspective sequence; The arches; Comments by famous travellers; The treasure; Crypt; Southern vestibule; Royal palace.

Illustrations: colour photographs throughout, gilt hinting where appropriate
Maps & plans: 2

Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: half-page
Index: no

[BML/LF]

See also | Sicily | Mosaics & tiles |

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