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Mediaeval Sicily, aspects of life and art in the middle ages (1910)

Waern, Cecilia, 1853- · London, Duckworth & co · leaf 302

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moreprobably Southern Saracenesque like those atCefalu. The general impression is still Palermitan,Arabo-Norman in the widest sense ; especially ifone first happens in towards nightfall and sees thewomen of the quarter kneeling in prayer in thetwilight of the nave, before a side altar with… … CHURCH OF THE MAGIONE, PALERMO b. 197 CISTERCIAN CHURCHES by the poor of the surrounding picturesque quarterof the Kalsa. It must once have been a church ofsome magnificence, to judge by the fine display oflittle columns set into the angles of the three tallapses, now woefully restored in…

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