ARABO-NORMAN WATER-JAR, MUSEUM, PALERMOThe style of the lettering, according to Dr. Moritz, is somewhat later than that of the inscription on the stele, PI. I.Notice attached to the wall to the left of the jar, afragment of inscription inlaidin porphyry and serpentine [cf. p. 127). To the right the… … SICILIAN MANTU t- 299 LIFE IN MEDIAEVAL PALERMO The mantu is always held, never pinned, together.It is made of black silk, the upper part linedwith sprigged silk or printed cotton. It is veryfull and complicated in cut, not a mere semi-circle like the short white or cream-colouredmantles round the…
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