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Witness in four languages
(شاهدة بأربع لغات)

Title	Witness in four languages
Title Original	شاهدة بأربع لغات
Author	Sicilian Arab (date and place: birth and death).
Author Original	عربي صقلي تاريخ ومكان الولادة والوفاة
Publication Date:	1149
Publication Place	- Tziza Museum
Subject	Decorated marble with marble mosaic pieces made of hard stone.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع: 33 سم؛ العرض:40 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	Elenco San Giovanni n. 11
Record ID	object;ISL;it;Mus01_C;34;ar
Library Location	Tziza Museum
Date	1149
Notes	Hexagonal stele, divided into five sections; It is inscribed with a phrase in four languages, the central part of which contains the first letters of a Latin phrase, which are: (YK-KH K-NY-K) “Christ will be victorious,” and a cross executed in the inlay method known as multi-colored headstones. Written above the cross in Hebrew, on the lower end of it in Arabic, on the left in Latin, and on the right in Greek is a phrase relating to the death of Anna, mother of Grisanto, priest of the Norman ruler Ruggiero, who died in the year 543/1148 and was buried in the Great Mosque. (Which later became Palermo Cathedral). From there, her son transferred her remains to the Church of St. Michael Arcangelo, to the small temple inside the church that was built by his order in the year 543/1148. Latin: 4904 Hebrew, 6658 Greek, 543 Arabic, and it was named after his mother, Saint Anna. There is another memorial plaque (she is a stele) in the Tziza (Aziza) Museum, whose phrases are written in the aforementioned languages ( Except in Hebrew) it mentions the death of Drogo, father of the priest Grisanto, who was also buried in the small temple called the Temple of Saint Anna in the year 547/1153. Other dates mention the Church of Saint Michael Arcangelo, which is close to the Jesuit monastery. Today it has become a storehouse for the municipal public library.
Sample Text	Rita Bernini "Witness in Four Languages" in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;it;Mus01_C;34;ar

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Witness in four languages

(شاهدة بأربع لغات)

Author Sicilian Arab (date and place: birth and death).

Author Original عربي صقلي تاريخ ومكان الولادة والوفاة

Publication Date 1149

Publication Place - Tziza Museum

Subject Decorated marble with marble mosaic pieces made of hard stone.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع: 33 سم؛ العرض:40 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID Elenco San Giovanni n. 11

Record ID object;ISL;it;Mus01_C;34;ar

Library Location Tziza Museum

Date 1149

Notes Hexagonal stele, divided into five sections; It is inscribed with a phrase in four languages, the central part of which contains the first letters of a Latin phrase, which are: (YK-KH K-NY-K) “Christ will be victorious,” and a cross executed in the inlay method known as multi-colored headstones. Written above the cross in Hebrew, on the lower end of it in Arabic, on the left in Latin, and on the right in Greek is a phrase relating to the death of Anna, mother of Grisanto, priest of the Norman ruler Ruggiero, who died in the year 543/1148 and was buried in the Great Mosque. (Which later became Palermo Cathedral). From there, her son transferred her remains to the Church of St. Michael Arcangelo, to the small temple inside the church that was built by his order in the year 543/1148. Latin: 4904 Hebrew, 6658 Greek, 543 Arabic, and it was named after his mother, Saint Anna. There is another memorial plaque (she is a stele) in the Tziza (Aziza) Museum, whose phrases are written in the aforementioned languages ( Except in Hebrew) it mentions the death of Drogo, father of the priest Grisanto, who was also buried in the small temple called the Temple of Saint Anna in the year 547/1153. Other dates mention the Church of Saint Michael Arcangelo, which is close to the Jesuit monastery. Today it has become a storehouse for the municipal public library.

Sample Text Rita Bernini "Witness in Four Languages" in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;it;Mus01_C;34;ar