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The Painted Wooden Ceiling of the Palatine Chapel
Cappella Palatina

Palermo, Sicily


p.67: Figure 7
Musician tuning a Triangular Psaltery. Palermo, Cappella Palatina: Nave ceiling, Muqarnas, Northeast corner unit, Panel 27.
Photo taken in 1989 under direction of Robert Hillenbrand: Khalili Research Centre (Oxford), image no. ISL.15002 (© Barakat Trust and University of Edinburgh). See also Plate II in print edition

p.67: Figure 9
Scribe. Palermo, Cappella Palatina: Nave ceiling, Muqarnas, North-east corner unit, Panel 26.
Photo taken in 1989 under direction of Robert Hillenbrand: Khalili Research Centre (Oxford), image no. ISL.15002 (© Barakat Trust and University of Edinburgh). Compare with Johns ‘Pitture’ (as n. 4), III II, fig. 694. See also Plate III in print edition


p.69: Figure 11
Man seated between Two Lions. Palermo, Cappella Palatina: Nave ceiling, Muqarnas, North side, Large unit 5, Panel 1. Photo taken in 1989 under direction of Robert Hillenbrand: Khalili Research Centre (Oxford), image no. ISL.15102 (© Barakat Trust and University of Edinburgh). Compare with Johns ‘Pitture’ (as n. 4), III Atlante II, fig. 588. See also Plate IVA in print edition


p.70: Figure 13
Mounted Dragon-Slayer. Palermo, Cappella Palatina: Nave ceiling, Muqarnas, South side Large unit 15, Panel 1. Photo taken in 1989 under direction of Robert Hillenbrand: Khalili Research Centre (Oxford), image no. ISL.15431 (© Barakat Trust and University of Edinburgh). Compare with Johns ‘Pitture’ (as n. 4), III Atlante II, fig. 850. See also Plate IVB in print edition


p.70: Figure 14
Mounted Dragon-Slayer. Palermo, Cappella Palatina: Nave ceiling, Muqarnas, North side, Large unit 7, Panel 1. Photo taken in 1989 under direction of Robert Hillenbrand: Khalili Research Centre (Oxford), image no. ISL.15060 (© Barakat Trust and University of Edinburgh). Compare with Johns ‘Pitture’ (as n. 4), III Atlante II, fig. 627. See also Plate VA in print edition


p.72: Figure 15
Mounted Dragon-Slayer. Palermo, Cappella Palatina: Nave ceiling, Muqarnas, Central zone, Rhombus 3 (3rd rhombus from west end). Photo taken in 1989 under direction of Robert Hillenbrand: Khalili Research Centre (Oxford), image no. ISL.16084 (© Barakat Trust and University of Edinburgh). Compare with Johns ‘Pitture’ (as n. 4), III Atlante II, fig. 1055. See also VB in print edition


p.72: Figure 16
Marvellous Combat between Horseman and Dragon. Palermo, Cappella Palatina: Nave ceiling, Muqarnas, South side, Large unit 18, Panel 14. Photo taken in 1989 under direction of Robert Hillenbrand: Khalili Research Centre (Oxford), image no. ISL.15060 (© Barakat Trust and University of Edinburgh). Compare with Johns ‘Pitture’ (as n. 4), III Atlante II, fig. 913. See also Plate VI in print edition


p.76: Figure 20
Man rending Lion. Palermo, Cappella Palatina: Nave ceiling, Muqarnas, South side, Large unit 13, Panel 1. Photo taken in 1989 under direction of Robert Hillenbrand: Khalili Research Centre (Oxford), image no. ISL.15491 (© Barakat Trust and University of Edinburgh). Compare with Johns ‘Pitture’ (as n. 4), III Atlante II, fig. 806. See also Plate VIIA in print edition


p.78: Figure 22
Man rending griffin. Palermo, Cappella Palatina: Nave ceiling, Muqarnas, North side, Panel 4.
Photo taken in 1989 under direction of Robert Hillenbrand: Khalili Research Centre, ISL.14992 (© Barakat Trust and University of Edinburgh). Compare with Johns ‘Pitture’ (as n. 4), III Atlante II, fig. 539. See also Plate VIIB in print edition

p.78: Figure 23
Man riding a Lion. Palermo, Cappella Palatina: Nave ceiling, Muqarnas, North-east corner unit, Panel 2. Photo taken in 1989 under direction of Robert Hillenbrand: Khalili Research Centre, ISL.14992 (© Barakat Trust and University of Edinburgh). Compare with Johns ‘Pitture’ (as n. 4), III Atlante II, fig. 686. See also plate VIIIA in print edition
Source: Jeremy Johns, Muslim Artists and Christian Models in the Painted Ceilings of the Cappella Palatina

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