Palermo Cathedral
| Name of structure: | Palermo Cathedral |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | church |
| Country or main area: | Italy |
| Region within country or main area: | Sicily |
| City or area within region: | Palermo |
| Date of structure: | Built between 1172 and 1185 |
| Century of structure 1: | 12 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 19 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | In a small niche about the southern (main) porch |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Virgin and child enthroned, flanked by two half-figures of angels |
| Date of mosaic: | 12th-13th century |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 12 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 13 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | |
| Has analysis been done? | Unknown |
| Samples taken from where? | |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | |
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| Comments: | Demus suggests it is the only remnant of what was originally an extensive mosaic cycle. Demus, Otto, Mosaics of Norman Sicily (London: Routledge, 1956), p. 187 |