of the twogreat cathedrals. There are no inlays, but a richpolychromatic (and Saracenesque) effect is obtainedby the use of alternate light and dark stones inthe intersecting arches, and carved raised disks,or rounds of plate tracery of the Chiaramontetype. The inner court has a lovely arcade on… … PALAZZO SCLAFAXI, PALERMO /. 246 FREDERIC II. AND SICILIAN GOTHIC later Middle Ages elsewhere, is also noticeable inthe arcade of the Palazzo Chiaramonte courtyard. The Palazzo Chiaramonte, begun in 1307, andperhaps some time a-building, to judge by thetaunt conveyed in the wager aforesaid, is…
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