Title: The cultures of his kingdom
First published: 1997
Description: This analytical study takes seriously the proposition that the royal chapel of the Norman kings of Sicily, the Cappella Palatina in Palermo, preserves virtually intact - and uniquely so - an ensemble of architecture and arts from the twelfth century.

It systematically investigates every major component of the decoration and furnishing of the chapel, and in so doing propounds a new chronology for the edifice, in phases, which fixes a new frame of reference for understanding how the chapel functioned under the Norman kings.
Subjects: Architecture, Norman, Art patronage, Buildings, structures, Cappella Palatina di Palermo, Church architecture, Church decoration and ornament, Norman Architecture, Roger ii, king of sicily, 1095-1154, Church architecture, italy, Civilization, medieval, Medieval Civilization
Places: Italy, Palermo, Palermo (Italy)
People: Roger II King of Sicily (d. 1154)
LC classification: NA5621.P3 T76 1997