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Cappela Palatina, Palermo | Sicily - Palermo (13_IMG_9873.jpg)

Cappela Palatina, Palermo

The shimmering mosaics of the transept, presumably dating from the 1140s and attributed to Byzantine artists, illustrate scenes from the Acts of the Apostles. Every composition is set within an ornamental frame, not dissimilar to that used in contemporaneous mosaic icons.
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