The Normans in Sicily
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Christian Sicily and Islamic Figurative Culture: Foundations and Continuity
'The influence of Islamic artistic culture was still evident in objects produced in the following century.'
The influence of Islamic artistic culture as adopted by the Normans was still evident in a series of exquisite objects produced in the following (13th) century, including several refined ivory pieces.
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Ivory box
Hegira 6th century / AD late 12th century Siculo-Norman (Siculo-Arab)
Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museums
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
This box combines Byzantine and Islamic elements in its style and the iconography of the painted motifs.
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