Mediaeval Sicily
Subtitle: aspects of life and art in the middle ages.
Publisher: Duckworth
Published: 1910
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 386
Description: A very erudite book illustrated by 73 black and white photographs, and 7 plans and diagrams. A must for the student of mediaeval art in the area.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Chapter I   -   Introductory; title: Chapter II  -   The Arabs in Sicily; title: Chapter III -   The Norman Rule; title: Chapter IV -   Contemporary Evidence; title: Chapter V  -   Country Life; title: Chapter VI -   Palaces and sumptuous arts; title: Chapter VII-   The Martorana, the Cappella Palatina, and some smaller churches in Palermo; title: Chapter VIII    The cathedral of Cefalu and the Abbey Church of SS. Pietro E Paolo; title: Chapter IX  -   Cistertian churches: The cathedral of Palermo; title: Chapter X   -   The cathedral and cloister of Monreale - The Sicilian School of Sculpture; title: Chapter XI  -   Frederic II and Sicilian Gothic; title: Chapter XII -   Mediaeval Palermo; title: Chapter XIII-   Life in Mediaeval Palermo; title: Chapter XIV-   Survivals