rovinces, andthence spreading in waves and ripples over WesternEurope. Saracenic in spirit, style and execution is theornamental plaster-work border in the vestibule,with the famous poetic inscription, once runningall round the archway between vestibule and hall,now mutilated. The portions read by… … ARABO-NORMAN PALACES dwells the Mosta-izz (he who desires glory : theArabic designation chosen by William II.) andthis is the Aziz (the noble or splendid palace). The little chapel belonging to the Zisa, nowused as the sacristy of the neighbouring church,has the typical Palermitan east end with a…
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