Section 02 of 05

The Norman South

In Palermo and Monreale, Byzantine, Islamic and Latin workshops built in the same rooms for Norman patrons. Frederick II’s octagon in Puglia is entered here too, with its four competing readings and no verdict.

3 entries

• 05The Cappella PalatinaA Norman king's chapel in Palermo with a painted Islamic muqarnas ceiling over a Byzantine mosaic apse — three traditions in one room, made by workshops that must have shared a site.
• 06MonrealeMosaic on a scale that required Byzantine craftsmen and Norman money in the same decade.
• 07Castel del MonteFrederick II's octagon of octagons in Puglia — no kitchens, no stables, no convincing explanation, and centuries of argument about what it was for.

Every entry in this section is also in the register, ordered by number.