. Italy: handbook for travellers. Third Part, Southern Italy and Sicily . he first court, and ascend the staircase men-tioned at p. 267. (On the landing, halfway up, to the right, is 270 Route 24. PALERMO. Museum. a room with modern forged sculptures from Giardini, near Taor-mina.) First Floor. We turn first to the left and ascend a few stepsto the Sala Ababa (formerly del Medio Evo), in which Saracenic artin Sicily is illustrated. Above the entrance is a coloured copy ofone of the cofferings from the wooden ceiling of the Cappella Pala-tina (p. 256), opposite is a cast from the stalactite vau
. Italy: handbook for travellers. Third Part, Southern Italy and Sicily . he first court, and ascend the staircase men-tioned at p. 267. (On the landing, halfway up, to the right, is 270 Route 24. PALERMO. Museum. a room with modern forged sculptures from Giardini, near Taor-mina.) First Floor. We turn first to the left and ascend a few stepsto the Sala Ababa (formerly del Medio Evo), in which Saracenic artin Sicily is illustrated. Above the entrance is a coloured copy ofone of the cofferings from the wooden ceiling of the Cappella Pala-tina (p. 256), opposite is a cast from the stalactite vaulting, andround the walls runs a cast of the inscription on the Cuba (p. 278).On the walls are painted mediaeval wood-carvings and brackets; frag-ment of a wooden ceiling in the Saracenic-Norman style, referredto the period of the Hohenstaufen on account of the repeatedly re-curring eagle; wooden door-frame from the convent of La brackets and in the glass-cases are fine bronze vessels; magni-ficent white and gold terracotta *Vase from Mazzara; fine vessels. of white clay; vessels from the vaulting of the Martorana. Amongthe bronzes is an astrolabe of 955. Arabic tomb-inscriptions. The next room contains early Italian and Netherlandish paint-ings, modern sculptures, etc., bequeathed by the late Marchesa diTorre Arsa, Duchess of Serradifalco. A Bacchante by Villareale(d. 1854) and four faienee platters from TJrbino should be noticed. Farther on is the Sala di Serpotta, containing beautiful stuccofigures and other stucco decorations designed by Serpotta for twochapels in the Chiesa delle Stimmate. The weapons and bronzesare also deposited temporarily in this room. — To the left extendsthe Corridoio di Ponentb (containing Sicilian smiths work), aglass-door near the end of which (left) admits to a chapel with em-broideries, a silver table-top, and other handsome furniture. —Straight in front of the exit from the Sala di Serpotta is the Corri-doio di Mezzogiorno, whi
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