Palatine Chapel Muqarnas

Item

Title

Palatine Chapel Muqarnas

Description

Located in Palermo, Italy, the Palatine Chapel combines Byzantine, Norman, and Fatimid architectural styles to depict various Byzantine iconography. Influenced by Fatimid architecture, the chapel's ceiling utilizes a muqarnas decorated with religious imagery.

Creator

Commissioned by Roger II of Sicily (ca. 1095-1154).

Temporal Coverage

ca. 1132-1143.

Spatial Coverage

Palermo, Italy.

Type

Image.

Date Created

2015.

Source

By © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38521505

Contributor

Giulianna Larson

Rights

José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38521505 .

Site pages

Muqarnas at Palatine Chapel