Palace

Department Archive
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.