Author
(Date and place: birth and death).
Author Original
التاريخ ومكان الولادة والوفاة
Publication Date
XII century
Publication Place
-
Sicily Regional Museum, Apatlis Palace
Subject
Manufactured wood.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الطول: 457 سم؛ العرض: 227 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
5222
Record ID
object;ISL;it;Mus01_A;35;ar
Library Location
Sicily Regional Museum, Apatlis Palace
Date
XII century
Notes
In the doorjamb and dome of the Martorano House we find intricate decorative decoration. In contrast, the second and contemporary woodcut is located on site in Palermo. This is the main door of the Church of Santa Maria del Admiralio, built by Admiralio (Sea Prince) Giorgio di Antioquia in the year 537/1143. It is characterized by traditional decoration, consisting of rectangular inlays, resembling Egyptian works, dating between the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The middle section of these infills is surrounded by designs of plants, half-trunks of palm trees, and geometric shapes with opposite pentagonal sides, connected to circles in the form of a pearl necklace, forming a sixteen-pointed star, and within this surrounding are the shapes of other plants and palm trees. The method of this decoration is very similar to the decorations of Iraqi Samarra and the wooden ceiling of the Ibn Tulun Mosque in Cairo. Al-Sayyid Shiratu (1979) believes that this type of decoration is of Samurai origin.
Sample Text
Rita Bernini "Door jamb" in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;it;Mus01_A;35;ar
