Norman Palace/Palazzo dei Normanni
| Name of structure: | Norman Palace/Palazzo dei Normanni |
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| Type of structure: | Palace |
| Country or main area: | Italy |
| Region within country or main area: | Sicily |
| City or area within region: | Palermo |
| Date of structure: | 12C |
| Century of structure 1: | 12 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 12 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Upper walls and ceiling in the 'stanza normanna' / 'stanza di Ruggero II'. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Flora, fauna, hunters, geometrical patterns. |
| Date of mosaic: | c 1160-70 |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 12 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 12 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)? | Unknown |
| Has analysis been done? | No |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
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| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Kitzinger, E.', The mosaic fragment of the Torre Pisana in the Royal Palace in Palermo. A preliminary study', in Mosaïque: Recueil d'Hommages à Henri Stern ed by (Paris: Éditions Recherche sur les civilisations, 1983). Demus, O., The mosaics of Norman Sicily (New York, 1950).
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