Palace
Department | Archive |
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Collection | Byzantine Research Fund |
Reference No. | BRF/01/05/04/001 |
Level | Item |
Place |
Palermo |
Dates | 1888-1890 |
Donor/Creator |
Weir Schultz, Mr Robert Barnsley, Mr Sidney Howard |
Scope and Content | Details of mosaic ceilings. The drawing is annotated in ink. |
Further information | Besides the ecclesiastical buildings, other buildings in Palermo worth noting are the palaces. Influenced by the Arabic tradition, these elaborate secular buildings are decorated with various abstract motifs in oriental mortar and Byzantine mosaics. |