Capital with Four Heads, ca. 1225–50, Made in Apulia, probably Troia, Italy, Italian, Limestone from Apulia, Overall: 14 1/8 x 13 x 13 in. (35.9 x 33 x 33 cm), Sculpture-Architectural, In 863 a monk named Theodosius wrote of the grandeur of Palermo, describing it as “full of citizens and strangers. . . . Blended with the Sicilians the Greeks, the Lombards and the Jews, there are Arabs, Berbers, Persians, Tartars, Negroes, some wrapped in long robes and turbans
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Capital, Four Heads, ca, 1225–50, Apulia, Troia, Italy, Italian, Limestone, Overall, 14 1/8 x 13 13, 35.9 33 cm, Sculpture-Architectural, 863, monk, Theodosius wrote, grandeur, Palermo, describing, full, citizens, strangers, Blended, Sicilians, Greeks, Lombards, Jews, Arabs, Berbers, Persians, Tartars, Negroes, wrapped, long robes, turbans
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