Mediaeval Sicily, aspects of life and art in the middle ages . wo frontsmay be compared. The most delightful instance of exuberantcarved ornament, small in scale and quite delicatein treatment, is to be found on one of the twoso-called Case normanne in the Salita St. Antonio,formerly one of the three main arteries of themedieval inner city, now a quiet side street,where the large open doorway-lobbies of the oldRenaissance palaces have been turned into bassi forthe poor: combined small workshops, kitchensand bedrooms, open to the air all day. The twisted shafts and knotted tracery date thispala
Mediaeval Sicily, aspects of life and art in the middle ages . wo frontsmay be compared. The most delightful instance of exuberantcarved ornament, small in scale and quite delicatein treatment, is to be found on one of the twoso-called Case normanne in the Salita St. Antonio,formerly one of the three main arteries of themedieval inner city, now a quiet side street,where the large open doorway-lobbies of the oldRenaissance palaces have been turned into bassi forthe poor: combined small workshops, kitchensand bedrooms, open to the air all day. The twisted shafts and knotted tracery date thispalace as contemporary with the Palazzo Chiara-monte (first quarter of the fourteenth century).Side by side with this there are four well-preservedwindows or window-heads, perhaps earlier, whichmight more properly be called Norman, as theclear-cut dainty ornament is geometric, consistingexclusively of various chevrons, triangles and dog-tooth diamonds. Only unfortunately this dog-tooth ornament, which we meet with all overSicily, never occurs in Norman ROSE WINDOW. S. AGOSTINO, PALERMO p. 2^2 LI
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