Taken from the Old Testament are the images of Noah putting peacocks on the ark, Samson slaughtering the lion of Timnah, Samson exterminating the Philistines, David with the harp, David killing the lion, and Daniel in the lion's den. The following scenes are taken from the New Testament: the Wedding...

Among the images inspired by the life of Christ are the two servants at the well and the man feasting between two servants. The scene of the two servants at the well may reflect the image of Christ and the Samaritan at the well, while the second hints at the depiction of Christ seated at the table. ...

The fir wood used in the ceiling of the Palatine Chapel is Sicilian. This could be Abies nebrodensis, a form of adaptation of Abies alba to hot, dry conditions....

Above the royal throne stands the majestic Christ Pantocrator, enthroned between Saints Peter and Paul. The iconography of the representation is political, since the enthroned Christ with the two saints seem to legitimise the temporal power of the sovereigns who presided over the celebrations from t...

The following scenes can be seen among the stories of Jacob’s cycle: Isaac blesses Jacob in Rebecca's presence; Jacob's dream; Jacob's struggle with the angel by the Jacob stream; the ladder in Jacob's dream; the destruction of Sodom; the Altar at Bethel....

The figure of Isaac appears in several scenes of the Abraham and Jacob cycle. In the stories of Abraham: Isaac protects the angels from the Sodomites' attack; Isaac's sacrifice; an angel stops Abraham's hand. In Jacob's cycle: Isaac blesses Jacob in the presence of Rebecca....

The following scenes can be seen among the stories of Abraham’s cycle: Abraham worships the three angels at the oak tree of Mamre; Abraham gives shelter to three angels in a hospice; the destruction of Sodom because of the sin of the Sodomites; Lot with two angels; Isaac protects the angels from t...

The multi-layered Genesis stories include the Creation cycle, the Earthly Paradise cycle, the Progenitor cycle and the Noah cycle. In the Creation cycle we find the following scenes: the creation of the heavens on the first day; the creation of the earth; the creation of light and the creation of th...

The worship of Saints Peter and Paul, considered to be the champions of the Christian Church, spread to Sicily with the advent of the Normans, during the process of Latinisation and Christianisation of the island. The medieval chronicler Goffredo Malaterra notes that the Norman victory against the S...

The worship of Saints Peter and Paul, considered to be the champions of the Christian Church, spread to Sicily with the advent of the Normans, during the process of Latinisation and Christianisation of the island. The medieval chronicler Goffredo Malaterra notes that the Norman victory against the S...